Name: Flattening Earth

Category: Mechanics

Subcategory: 2-D Motion

Classes:

Comments: Two metal strips are bent into a circle and mounted on a pole to form a sphere. The tops of the circles are not mounted, but the pole sticks through a hole in each of them. When the pole is attached to a motor and spun up, the sphere flattens out.

 

Equipment: Rotator, Flattening Earth

Location: H104 C10

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