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This web page is an interactive physics tutorial relating to orbits. The user can set the initial velocity of an orbiting mass and observe the resulting trajectory. The animations illustrate how initial velocity affects the object's orbital path and can result in collision or a break from orbit. Graphs of kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy accompany the animation. This item is part of a collection of simulation-based activities developed for students of introductory physics.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6857">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy. March 28, 2008.</a>
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A. Duffy, (2002), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html).
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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html>.
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Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy. Retrieved March 19, 2025, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html (accessed 19 March 2025).
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 19 Mar. 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html>.
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@misc{
Author = "Andrew Duffy",
Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {19 March 2025},
Month = {March 28, 2008},
Year = {2002}
}
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%A Andrew Duffy %T Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy %D March 28, 2008 %U http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html %O application/java
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%0 Electronic Source %A Duffy, Andrew %D March 28, 2008 %T Boston University Physics Applets: Orbits and Energy %V 2025 %N 19 March 2025 %8 March 28, 2008 %9 application/java %U http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c17_orbits.html Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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First Semester Introductory Physics Simulations
This is the full index of interactive Java simulations by the same author on Classical Mechanics. This particular collection is devoted to topics typically covered in a first semester introductory physics class. relation by Bruce MasonKnow of another related resource? Login to relate this resource to it. |
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