Science Simulations
This simulation … Applied a geocentric coordinate system. Air friction is ignored. Covers fall and orbital motion due to Earth’s gravity. (However, the same can be applied to other celestial bodies.) Gravity Objects with mass exert … more
How cannonball become an artificial satellite? a. Imagine that a cannonball falls in a parabolic curve. The trajectory the cannonball draws is actually part of an elliptical orbit centered around the Earth. The center of the … more
From the perspective of an observer on Earth, the orbits of satellites with an orbiting period of less than 24 hours appear to move westward little by little with each turn. This phenomenon occurs because of … more