Thursday, June 23, 2016

Display The Heights

Let's imagine the scenario of a man jumping from a plane from an altitude of 10,000m and determined how long it would take him to reach sea level.

Now, assume two men are jumping at the same time (one in earth and one in moon) from 10,000m altitude one in earth and one in moon.

They will reach sea level (0m) at different times because the gravitational acceleration is different in the two planets. At any point in time (during their “flight”) their heights over the respective planet’s sea level will be different.

Display this difference in heights over the earth’s and moon’s surface in a graph. (distance from earth as X axis and from moon as Y axis)

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