Newton's Aquarium Newton's Aquarium - Visualize and understand Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
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Newton's Aquarium - Visualize and understand Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. Newton's Aquarium is an interactive physics package that helps students visualize and understand Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. While creating and exploring their own solar systems, students encounter the core concepts in classical physics. Newton's Aquarium was designed for use in senior high school and college physics courses.Newton's Aquarium is a solar system construction set that allows students to create and explore situations involving any number of stars, planets, moons and asteroids. This software takes an interactive, visual approach to physics.Newton's Aquarium will help students develop an intuition for orbital mechanics. Students will gain a better understanding of the physics behind the images. Newton's Aquarium allows students to encounter the core concepts in classical physics, by making and exploring their own solar systems.Main features of Newtons Aquarium:Core TopicsForces and Newton's Laws of MotionMass and weightFree-body diagramsCenter of mass and conservation of momentumNewton's Law of Universal Gravitation Key FeaturesTrajectory tracingDisplay of velocity, acceleration and force vectorsVariable G and distance exponentInteractive real-time n-body simulation (using 4th order Runge-Kutta error correction)Sample documents, online help and student activities.Requirements of Newtons Aquarium:2 MB available memory68020 processor or fasterLimitations of Newtons Aquarium:Runs on Mac OS Classic only.

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