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YouTube Solution to Newton’s Cannon

March 18, 2017
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Solution to Newton’s Cannon problem I proposed earlier, explained in this nice YouTube video.

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Tags: Falling from Orbit, Isaac Newton, Newton's Cannon, Orbitology, Why Things Orbit

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