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This episode explores the often-overlooked fact that the true trajectory of a projectile on Earth is an ellipse, not a parabola, due to the Earth's spheroidal shape and the direction of gravitational acceleration.
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Physics
This episode explores the often-overlooked fact that the true trajectory of a projectile on Earth is an ellipse, not a parabola, due to the Earth's spheroidal shape and the direction of gravitational acceleration.