ERIC Number: EJ1015465
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-May
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The Orbit of Water Droplets around Charged Rod
Ferstl, Andrew; Burns, Andrew
Physics Teacher, v51 n5 p300-302 May 2013
The motion of charges around a centrally charged object is often compared to gravitational orbits (such as satellites around planets). Recently, a video taken by astronaut Don Pettit onboard the International Space Station shows water droplets orbiting a charged knitting needle. Here we attempt to model this motion and estimate the charges on the objects involved in this system. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Motion, Video Technology, Water, Molecular Structure, Science Experiments
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Language: English
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