TY - JOUR
T1 - Projectile Motion in the Language of Orbital Motion
AU - Zurcher, Ulrich
N1 - Zürcher, U. (2011). Projectile motion in the ‘language’ of orbital motion. European Journal of Physics, 32(4), 955-964.
PY - 2011/7/1
Y1 - 2011/7/1
N2 - We consider the orbit of projectiles launched with arbitrary speeds from the Earth's surface. This is a generalization of Newton's discussion about the transition from parabolic to circular orbits, when the launch speed approaches the value [\nu =\sqrt{g R_{E}}]. We find the range for arbitrary launch speeds and angles, and calculate the eccentricity of the elliptical orbits.
AB - We consider the orbit of projectiles launched with arbitrary speeds from the Earth's surface. This is a generalization of Newton's discussion about the transition from parabolic to circular orbits, when the launch speed approaches the value [\nu =\sqrt{g R_{E}}]. We find the range for arbitrary launch speeds and angles, and calculate the eccentricity of the elliptical orbits.
UR - https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/160
UR - http://stacks.iop.org/EJP/32/955
U2 - 10.1088/0143-0807/32/4/010
DO - 10.1088/0143-0807/32/4/010
M3 - Article
VL - 32
JO - European Journal of Physics
JF - European Journal of Physics
ER -