Assignment 27

We begin the study of gravitation and orbital motion.  The lab exercise detects and analyzes the motion of an object in a force field which is not parallel to its direction of motion.  The text specifically addresses circular motion.

In this assignment we begin the study of gravitation and orbital motion.

The Introductory Problem Set and qa assignments introduce the phenomenon of Universal Gravitation.

The 'seed' question analyzes the buoyant force on and density of an object of known mass suspended in water by a string in which the tension is known.

The lab exercise detects and analyzes the deflection of a steel ball moving past a ceramic magnet and the dependence of the magnetic force on proximity to the magnet.

Class Notes address the changing gravitational force experienced by an individual climbing a very high tower, and the calculation of the gravitational force using proportionality, the known radius of the Earth and the known acceleration at the surface of the Earth.

The text topic for this assignment is circular motion.