Demonstration of Electrostatic Orbits in Weightlessness

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #137.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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In August 2006, a team of students from Rhodes College performed an experiment in microgravity aboard NASA’s specialized C-9B aircraft known as the “Weightless Wonder.” The goal of the experiment was to establish an orbit between two electrically charged spheres. The similar forms of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law suggest that such electrostatic orbits are possible. However, to our knowledge, an electrostatic orbit has not previously been demonstrated. This presentation will describe our experiment and show video footage of the electrostatic orbits that we achieved in weightlessness. Professor Brent Hoffmeister is the AAPT sponsor.

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