P3_5 Fly Me To A Stop

Authors

  • Oliver Chatwin University of Leicester
  • Josh Holtom University of Leicester
  • Adriana Iorga University of Leicester
  • Saffron Tyler University of Leicester

Abstract

We investigate the effect of Voyager 1’s gravity assist (or fly by) on the planet Jupiter. We consider the interaction as an elastic collision and use the conservation of energy and momentum to calculate Jupiter’s change in velocity following the flyby. We determine that after each gravity assist the velocity decreases by 2.229·10−23% and therefore, after 4.350·1024 gravity assists Jupiter's velocity will reach 0ms−1 .

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Published

09-12-2020

How to Cite

Chatwin, O., Holtom, J., Iorga, A., & Tyler, S. (2020). P3_5 Fly Me To A Stop. Physics Special Topics, 19(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3699

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles