October 21, 2023
Physical Sciences Complex, University of Maryland, College Park
America/New_York timezone

A Computer Project to Teach Orbital Motion

Oct 21, 2023, 9:35 AM
15m
Zoom

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Talk (15 minute) PSC 2136

Speaker

Phuc Tran (Brightpoint Community College)

Description

In Spring 2023, I gave my University Physics class a short computer project to teach students about orbital motion. The project required students to solve the equation of motion numerically and to compare the numerical solution to the theoretical orbits. Depending on the initial position and velocity of an object, students were able to see different types of orbits. In this presentation, I will discuss how this project was implemented.

Primary author

Phuc Tran (Brightpoint Community College)

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