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Physics & Astronomy

Solar System with Gravity Wells

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Model of the solar system demonstrating gravitational distortions of space. Newton’s Law of Gravitational Attraction F=(G*m1*m2)/r^2.This means that the gravitational field is proportional to the mass of a celestial body and inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the object, and that is what is plotted here, with some scaling done to better show the relative differences.In an educational setting, this diorama demonstrates several things about gravity:1) Gravitational attraction - the inverse square relationship between gravitational attraction and distance from a celestial mass is acurately pictured.2) Region of strongest influence - a mass will roll into only one well at a time (can demonstrate with a marble).3) Lagrange points - these are the saddle points between regions of influence where the gravitational pull from two bodies is equal.4) Orbital mechanics - a round object (like a marble) can “orbit” around each well, but will fall into a well as it loses velocit
Category
Physics & Astronomy
Source
MakerWorld
Published
Updated
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Why?
2 colors
Single piece 2 colors / AMS Hardware needed
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Assembly 0/3
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Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
Marble PLA
Colors
2 (AMS/MMU recommended)
Post-processing
Hardware
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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