Gravitation & Orbits
Try this: Find the slowest launch speed that lets the planet escape for good.
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About this simulation
Set a planet loose around a star and discover Kepler's laws by missing them.
Taught in Gravitation & Orbits
- Newtonian gravity
- Kepler's laws
- orbital energy
- eccentricity
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