stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•The fastest ever human-made object keeps breaking its own speed recordEnglish
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1 year agoDrop a ball. It goes fastest just before and after it hits the ground, and slows down until it gets back to near the height you dropped it from
The probe is the ball, and slingshotting around the sun is like bouncing off the ground. The potential energy (height of ball/distance from sun) gets converted to and from kinetic energy (speed).
Seeing an annular eclipse is an excellent application of orbital mechanics! Enjoy!