2 Mass Gravity Virtual Lab

About

an open source physics at Singapore simulation based on codes written by Andrew Duffy, Anne Cox, Wolfgang Christian, Francisco Esquembre and Loo Kang WEE.

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http://iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics/02-newtonian-mechanics/08-gravity

Introduction

Every object sets up a gravitational field around itself due to its mass. When two objects enter each other’s gravitational fields, they will be attracted to each other.

Hence, a gravitational field is a region of space in which any object that lies in it experiences a gravitational force towards the object that creates the field, due to its mass.

This Lab allows the inquiry of gravity concepts of field and potential for a two mass setup.

Interesting Fact

This app produces real numbers to coincident with the real world data.

Acknowledgment

My sincere gratitude for the tireless contributions of Francisco Esquembre, Fu-Kwun Hwang, Wolfgang Christian, Félix Jesús Garcia Clemente, Anne Cox, Andrew Duffy, Todd Timberlake and many more in the Open Source Physics community. I have designed much of the above based on their ideas and insights.

This research is supported by the eduLab project NRF2015-EDU001-EL021 , awarded by the Prime Minister Office, National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore in collaboration with National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore and the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore.

reference:

http://edulab.moe.edu.sg/edulab-programmes/existing-projects/nrf2015-edu001-el021

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