Escape velocity and orbital velocity

Launch a rocket vertically at a fraction of the escape speed from Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter; see closed or open trajectories.

About this experiment

What you do in the lab

Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.

Topics: escape velocity · gravitational potential · orbit · energy

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