'Orbital semi major axis' presentation slideshows

IS 240: Discovering the Atom

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Before and after the collision, there is a rightward force pushing you into the door.

You are a passenger in a car and not wearing your seat belt. Without changing its speed, the car makes a sharp left turn, and you find yourself colliding with the right-hand door. Which is the correct analysis of the situation?.

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Retrograde Loops of Mars

Retrograde Loops of Mars. Copernicus (1543). Ptolemaic model failed to reproduce the observations Also, the model is not really based on uniform circular motion So Copernicus favors the heliocentric (Sun-centered) model Has a natural explanation for apparent retrograde motion of planets

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