Aaron Titus
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AST 121 Physlets

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are scriptable Java Applets written by Wolfgang Christian of Davison College. They are used with permission for educational use. You are welcome to copy any of these pages, modify them, and use them in teaching physics.

Here are some Physlets I've written or modified from those written by others. Some of theses can be found as public domain Physlets in the book Physlet Physics by Wolgang Christian and Mario Belloni.

Planetary orbit velocity and acceleration vectors for an elliptical orbit
Uniform circular motion and simple harmonic motion uniform circular motion is a combination of simple harmonic motion in each of two dimensions
Gravitation
Newton's Principia demonstrates orbits of cannonballs
Central force required for orbits make an object orbit in a circle by applying an external force
Binary Stars investigate the "wobble" for a star in a binary star system
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