S.pandex Orbits

Type of activity: demo
Activity code:  Me-023


Description:

Helpful in demonstrating features from topics such as:
the formation of the solar system,
orbits around binary systems, 
circular versus elliptical orbits for planets, 
origins of Cassini's Division and the Kirkwood Gaps.

1. Set up as shown.
2. Legs are adjustable for leveling.

Refer to paper: ""The Shape of the Spandex and Orbits upon its surface"" by Gary D. White and Michael Walker. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497. A copy of this paper is stored in room 123.

Apparatus

S.pandex Table
Table Legs
Steel Ball
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