Here, I continue working through Computational Physics by Newman, showing a solution of the altitude of a satellite problem in Python. The theory behind this problem should be well understood for orbital mechanics, so make sure you work through it.
Tag: computational
Time to fall in python
As an introduction to using python/jupyter in physics, I have worked through the simple example of letting a ball fall from rest, and solving for the time until the ball hits the ground. The example utilized here is from Computational Physics by Newman, which is a text I highly recommend as an introduction to computational methods in physics. Attached is a pdf of the jupyter code.
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