These Physics simulations will hopefully aid students in their understanding
Hooke's law is a principle of physics that states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance. That is: where is a constant factor characteristic of the spring, its stiffness. The law is named after 17th century British physicist Robert Hooke.
In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion describe the motion of planets around the Sun. The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci. A line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time. The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
Projectile motion is a form of motion in which an object or particle (called a projectile) is thrown near the earth's surface, and it moves along a curved path under the action of gravity only.
The force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance.
To start simulation drag yellow rectangle to the right and release.
Kepler's three laws describe the motion of planets around the Sun.
A parabolic path is the path followed by an object that is only acted on by gravity. The projectile has an initial velocity, either horizontal or upward at an angle.
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