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Attractive force
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- Summary
The typical trajectory of the test particle is an ellipse similar to gravitational orbits. Click on the moving charge to catch it, then “throw it” to create new initial conditions.
- Learning objectives
- To observe how a single negative charge will experience a force due to the presence of a single, fixed positive charge.
- To make a link between gravitational force and electrical force (orbit, ellipse, attraction ...).
- To observe how a single negative charge will experience a force due to the presence of a single, fixed positive charge.
- How to use the animation
Click on the moving charge to catch it, then “ throw it” to set new initial conditions.
- Keywords
- attraction, coulomb, symmetry, gravitational, analogy, ellipse, force, line
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