Slingshot Effect

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written by Michael Fowler and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching

This web page demonstrates the slingshot effect through a Flash simulation. The user places an object at some distance from Jupiter, sets up its initial velocity, then choose the appropriate time to lunch it. Once the simulation begins, the path of the projectile and its speed are shown.

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlet...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Gravity = Orbits	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Learners - Educators	- application/flash - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2004 Michael Fowler
Keywords:: Planetary Motion, sling shot, space, space exploration, space travel
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created September 20, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: November 11, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 25, 2004
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=8070">Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Slingshot Effect. June 25, 2004.</a>

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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, (2004), WWW Document, (http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm).

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M. Fowler and J. Hui Wan Ching, Slingshot Effect (2004), <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm>.

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Fowler, M., & Hui Wan Ching, J. (2004, June 25). Slingshot Effect. Retrieved July 18, 2026, from http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm

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Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Slingshot Effect. June 25, 2004. http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm (accessed 18 July 2026).

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Fowler, Michael, and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching. Slingshot Effect. 2004. 25 June 2004. 18 July 2026 <http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/Slingshot.htm>.

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@misc{ Author = "Michael Fowler and Jacquie Hui Wan Ching", Title = {Slingshot Effect}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {18 July 2026}, Month = {June 25, 2004}, Year = {2004} }

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