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Two kinds of forces Contact forces – you push me Field forces – parachutist gets pulled down by earth
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I dream of Jeannie Nugget of gold –How does earth know? Magnet by other magnet –How does magnet know? Charged particle by other –How does charge know?
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Big mass, big charge Earth big force on a big mass – elephant Small force on small mass – ant Same with charges
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Gravitation field Earth alone has a gravitational field, just ask any dinosaur about the meteor that got captured in it 60,000,000 years ago Earth waits in shadows for a mass to come by Charge has a force field too Waits for another charge to come by NO CONTACT REQUIRED!
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Mapping You can map gravitational fields 22,000 miles away: –Earth pulls left –Moon pulls right –Sun right Add them together Repeat at several locations, a map! Electric field mapping is same
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