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Introduction

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.

Goals

• 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 ...).

Features

Click on the moving charge  to catch it, then “ throw it” to set new initial conditions.

Tags

attraction coulomb symmetry gravitational analogy ellipse force line