Force from Absorbed Sunlight
Challenges:
- Hit the spacebar or "Continue/Pause" to start/stop the animation.
- Tilt the sail away from the sun to reduce the acceleration.
- Try to stop the acceleration (90 deg tilt) when the
speed
speed reaches 20 mm/s.
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Sun incidence
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0
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deg
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Rotation about sun
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0
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deg
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Acceleration
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1
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mm/s
2
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Speed
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0
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mm/s
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Distance
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0
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m
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Time
(10X)
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0
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min:sec
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Hit the spacebar or "Continue/Pause" to start/stop the animation.
The sail resets after travelling 100 m, or hitting the "Reset" button.
Keyboard and Mouse:
- Zoom by rolling the mouse wheel up and down, or holding the middle mouse button and moving up and down.
- Rotate the view by holding the left mouse button, and moving the mouse left, right, up, and down.
- Tilt the sail by pressing the up and down arrow keys.
- Rotate the sail by pressing the left and right arrow keys.
Touchscreen:
- Zoom in and out by putting two fingers on the screen and pinching or spreading them apart.
- Rotate the view by sliding one finger left, right, up, or down.
- Tilt the sail by tapping the yellow up and down arrows.
- Rotate the sail by tapping the yellow left and right arrows.
Reload to see the introduction again.
