Greece4ever / Newton-s-cannonball

What velocity should a cannonball, fired from a mountain, have, in order to orbit the earth? Interactive simulation of Newton's famous thought expirement.

Home Page:https://greece4ever.github.io/Newton-s-cannonball/

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Newton's-cannonball (demo)

Interactive simulation of Newton's-cannonball.

Key Description
Backspace Show gravitational force vector (earth -> canonball)
Enter Destory all canonballs
Click Fire canonball
Scroll Zoom In/Out

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What velocity should a cannonball, fired from a mountain, have, in order to orbit the earth? Interactive simulation of Newton's famous thought expirement.

https://greece4ever.github.io/Newton-s-cannonball/


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