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Keith and Raymond had the marvelous idea to play the video of "Angular Momentum" from Cal Tech. We learned that Cal Tech had to hire "professional" women actresses to sit in the room
while the Professor gave his lecture. We were then separated in groups by: horror films. Like always Prof Mason, got excited about the topic of the day:
Torque and Angular Momentum. Another useful tactic we could use during the celebration of learning is the 3 finger rule. I don't quiet remember the name, but I believe your middle finger, index, and thumb are involved. Your thumb will be pointing up or downward(y-axis), and your index finger will be point to the left or right(x axis), finally your middle finger would be point inward would would be a dot or outward which would be an x.
Consider the way Mason had explained it during the class. The bow and arrow. When the person is shooting the arrow the only thing the other person would be able to see is a dot; however, the person holding the arrow would see an x. This is a very good way to pass the celebration of learning. I expect to see those middle fingers up in the air!! as well as thumbs and index finger. Followed by the disscussion of torque. We discussed the magnificent angular momentum. Yes folks if you ever fall in love you are able to spend more time with your loved one if you just simply spin around to rob the earth of its Angular momentum. After the discussion and the little minutes that were left from the class, Mr. Mason started to discuss the vpython project. Instead of being due this Thursday he extended the project to be due next Thursday. After careful calculations, Tong said that the measurements that Mason has given was having the object go into the earth rather then go around it. He has given the new measurements in class. I however, lost those measurements, but I do know what Mason gave us. He gave us the semi minor axis which would be b=axsqrt((e^2)-1) and the apogee which could be set as b=a(e+1).


Here are some uselinks to help you get along:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_momentum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque

Here are some useful equations:
t=rxf
L=rxp
t=dl/dt
f=d/dt(mv)