Asteroids, comets and meteors
These three short online lessons discuss asteroids, comets and meteors.
These three short online lessons discuss asteroids, comets and meteors.
In this unit you will learn about:
In this lesson you will learn about:
An elaboration on some of the common misconceptions in dealing with Newton's Third Law. He also shows how to correctly and reliably identify Third Law force pairs.
Learn about Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Look at multiple examples that illustrate this law, including pushing a block on ice, pushing against a desk, walking on sand, how rockets work, and how an astronaut could save themselves from drifting in space.
Other objects in the solar system are discussed in this online textbook viz. asteroids, meteorites, comets and dwarf planets.