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Jupiter Slingshot

Jupiter Slingshot

This flashlet demonstrates in a semiquantitative way how a properly directed spaceship can pick up energy from a moving planet. This effect is called a "slingshot", or "gravity assist". Due to limitations in Flash, the orbit close to the planet is not very accurate.

Keywords:
slingshot, solar system, moving planet, jupiter, gravitational
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
April 30, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 28, 2020
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:
Website, Flash
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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