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Gravitational Well
M-L2a



A large fiberglass vortex-shaped cone is used to show circular and elliptical orbits and conservation of angular momentum.


Fishbane Chapter:   10.1
HRW 9th:   13.08
Reese Chapter:   6.6
RHK 5th:   14.7
SJ 3rd Chapter:   11.1
PIRA DCS classification:   1L20.10

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University