As a matter of fact, Jim. I've been working on that exact simulation, but so far have not been able to make it work. Perhaps, I could work with you off-line to come up with the right equation of motion?
Thanks and cheers, Roger On Nov 9, 2011, at 9:40 AM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > Roger, > > The simulation makes for a good tutorial. > > Here is another that may interest you. > > Newton considered, as a thought experiment, a cannon ball fired from the top > of a VERY high mountain. With ever increasing muzzle velocity he speculated > that the canon ball would eventually circle the Earth, thus simulating the > motion of the moon about the Earth. > > (See: http://waowen.screaming.net/revision/force&motion/ncanon.htm) > > You might try 1/r, 1/r^2, 1/r^3 gravitational forces to see which produces > the observed results. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
