Articoli rivista
Anno XLVI - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2013 Sul moto ellittico dei pianeti
A didactical approach to the elliptical motion of planets in the solar system is proposed. The planets’ velocities in apsidal points and the total mechanical energy of the two-body systems are discussed and described as functions of orbital parameters. Kepler’s third law is obtained from energy and angular momentum conservation principles. […]
Anno XXXI - n.3 - luglio/settembre 1998 Sull’orbita della luna
Understanding what the orbit of the Moon look like when viewed from the reference frame of the Sun presents some difficulties to highschool students. The approach described in this paper to the correct representation of the Moon’s trajectory is an example of how a physics problem can be schematized an simplified. […]
Anno XXXIX - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2006 Sulla portanza delle ali
The article describes a school activity in which two different explanations of why airplanes fly are compared and discussed. […]