See how the sheep get pushed around when the rocket accelerates, as if they are experiencing effects of gravity!
Move the rocket by using keyboard arrow keys, WASD, joystick in the bottom right, or by dragging it.
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Relativistic Space Sheep
by MinuteLabs.io
We’ve sent the MinutePhysics sheep into space to investigate the effects of non-inertial reference frames! In our case, that’s a fancy way of saying: “accelerating rocket”. You’ll be able to see the Equivalence Principle in action. The Space Sheep will feel like they are under the effects of a gravitational field when the rocket is accelerating.
Henry briefly talked about the Equivalence Principle in his latest video which you can watch on YouTube. It’s the idea that the effects of acceleration in one reference frame can appear as a gravitational force in another.
Watch the intro video for this Lab.
Drawings by Ever Salazar!
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