A pencil can be bounced so that it traces out the path of a projectile resulting in the pencil landing in a glass as shown in the video below. In the video, pencils are bounced by dropping them on their eraser end. Depending on how the pencils are dropped, the trajectory path of some of […]
Projectile Path
Question: A satellite is a projectile that is constantly falling towards the Earth. Why doesn’t it fall into the Earth?Answer: First of all, I need to show you the shape of a projectile’s path. Example: In the diagram, the cannon ball is shot horizontal with Earth’s surface. The force of gravity acting on the ball […]