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Tim Peake, Robin Mobbs, Anu Ojha, Andy McMurry, and Sophie Allan
Six circular motion tutorials with curricular materials, Tracker visualizations and Tracker data files produced by the National Space Academy, UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency. These videos show UK astronaut Tim Peake doing experiments in space demonstrating a ball on a tether and a ball in a circular track undergoing circular motion in various planes and the simple harmonic nature of displacement reduced to a single plane. The site also includes a teacher guide with Earth based demonstrations, such as a cup of water traveling in a circle attached to a tether and a loop the loop track including an analysis of centripetal forces.
The zip files on this site contain the videos and the Tracker experiment (*.trk) file. To open the Tracker experiment file, you must first download and install Tracker from http://physlets.org/tracker/. 
1 supplemental document is available
Spinning Ball Released VideoAn example of an International Space Station video. download 22608kb .mp4 Last Modified: April 20, 2023
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=14159">Peake, T, R. Mobbs, A. Ojha, A. McMurry, and S. Allan. "International Space Station: Circular Motion Video Analysis with Tracker."</a>
AIP Format
T. Peake, R. Mobbs, A. Ojha, A. McMurry, and S. Allan, Computer Program INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: CIRCULAR MOTION VIDEO ANALYSIS WITH TRACKER (2016), WWW Document, (https://astroacademy.org.uk/resources/circular-motion/).
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T. Peake, R. Mobbs, A. Ojha, A. McMurry, and S. Allan, Computer Program INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: CIRCULAR MOTION VIDEO ANALYSIS WITH TRACKER (2016), <https://astroacademy.org.uk/resources/circular-motion/>.
APA Format
Peake, T., Mobbs, R., Ojha, A., McMurry, A., & Allan, S. (2016). International Space Station: Circular Motion Video Analysis with Tracker [Computer software]. Retrieved July 15, 2026, from https://astroacademy.org.uk/resources/circular-motion/
Chicago Format
Peake, T, R. Mobbs, A. Ojha, A. McMurry, and S. Allan. "International Space Station: Circular Motion Video Analysis with Tracker." https://astroacademy.org.uk/resources/circular-motion/ (accessed 15 July 2026).
MLA Format
Peake, Tim, Robin Mobbs, Anu Ojha, Andy McMurry, and Sophie Allan. International Space Station: Circular Motion Video Analysis with Tracker. Computer software. 2016. 15 July 2026 <https://astroacademy.org.uk/resources/circular-motion/>.
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Title = {International Space Station: Circular Motion Video Analysis with Tracker},
Year = {2016}
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