PHYSICS 2121

CHAPTER 14 - Gravitation

 

Orbit Applet

Keplerian Elements Tutorial

COCKPIT PHYSICS ANCHOR PAGE #1 A good place to apply kinematics to the real world as you get to play with trajectory of bombs, dog fights, etc. Go to Lesson 22, 23, 24

The U of O Physics Student Page: Mechanics Alot of good problems to work through not only in this area, but also in numerous other areas.

The Kepler problem This applet allows the user to set the relative energy of two bodies. It then animates the motion in the rest frame of one of the bodies and in the effective potential diagram, and calculates some of the properties of the orbit numerically.

NASA Observatorium Education-Reference Module-Satellite Orbits On this page we describe how satellites get into orbit. On the following pages we describe the laws governing those orbits.