The EJS Newton's Mountain JS model illustrates the motion of a projectile launched from the top of a VERY tall mountain on Earth. The diagram shown in the simulation is taken from Newton's A Treatise on the System of the World, which he wrote after the Principia, but the basic idea is found in the Principia itself. Newton concluded that a projectile launched horizontally with sufficient speed would orbit Earth rather than crashing to Earth's surface. Thus the motion of a projectile fired on Earth was not qualitatively different from that of the moon orbiting Earth.
EJS Newton's Mountain JS Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.
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Published: June 27, 2014
T. Timberlake and M. Belloni, Computer Program NEWTON'S MOUNTAIN JS MODEL, Version 1.0 (2014), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13106&DocID=3648).
T. Timberlake and M. Belloni, Computer Program NEWTON'S MOUNTAIN JS MODEL, Version 1.0 (2014), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13106&DocID=3648>.
Timberlake, T., & Belloni, M. (2014). Newton's Mountain JS Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13106&DocID=3648
Timberlake, Todd, and Mario Belloni. "Newton's Mountain JS Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13106&DocID=3648 (accessed 6 October 2024).
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