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Ball Orbiting inside Cone
M-L2g



A large glass cone is used to show circular and elliptical orbits, conservation of angular momentum, and the speed-height paradox.


Fishbane Chapter:   10.1
Reese Chapter:   6.6
RHK 5th:   14.7
SJ 3rd Chapter:   11.1
PIRA DCS classification:   1L20.140

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