Forces
The 'Space Weight' Calculator
Submitted by admindev on Mon, 28/03/2022 - 09:26Gravity Simulator
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Credit: NASA/JPL
Occupation: Engineer & Project Manager
Year born: 1968
Research Areas: Deep Space Exploration
Mary Jackson

Credit: NASA
Occupation: Mathematician & Engineer
Year born: 1921
Research Areas: Aerospace Engineering, Aerodynamics
Rockets Quiz
Johannes Kepler

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Occupation: Astronomer, Mathematician, Scientist, Teacher
Year born: 1571
Research Areas: Planetary motion, optics, geometry
Hunting For Asteroids
Aimed at pupils aged 11-14 this workshop encourages pupils to ‘blink’ between several images, taken by the Liverpool Telescope, in a bid to find asteroids. The activity can then be extended to them using the LT Image software functionality to calculate the speed of the asteroids, or simply a discussion on what asteroids are and how we track them.
You can download the individual files needed for this activity below, or this zip file (53mb) contains them all.
Gravity

Credit: Steve Jurvetson
Momentum

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If an object is moving, it has momentum. This is what keeps an object moving in the same direction. The more momentum something has, the harder it is to change its direction or bring it to a stop.