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| - | - Maple is used to plot effective potential; java [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~corinne/COURSES/ph426/08/08Files/orbits.jar|orbits.jar]] is used to generate polar plot of the orbit | + | - This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize trajectories in attractive potentials. |
| - | - Students can compare an effective potential plot to the corresponding polar plot of the orbit | + | - Students use Maple or Mathematica to plot particular effective potentials and then use java [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~corinne/COURSES/ph426/08/08Files/orbits.jar|orbits.jar]] to generate a polar plot of the corresponding orbit; students proceed to explore the parameter space of classical orbits. |
| - | - Students explore the parameter space of classical orbits | + | - The whole class wrap-up discussion addresses how changing the total energy, angular momentum, and the reduced mass of the system affects the shape of the resulting orbit. |
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