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Curious Behaviour of Spinning Coffee Cups and Other Spinning Objects
- Source :
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Physics Education . Jan 2022 57(1). - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- If an empty coffee cup is spun on a horizontal surface about a vertical axis in an anti-clockwise direction, then the whole cup rotates slowly backwards, in a clockwise direction, about a vertical axis located outside the cup. Clues to this curious behaviour are presented by comparing it with other spinning objects.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0031-9120
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Physics Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1329995
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac3ac9