Barycentric balls - classroom demonstration video, VP07a

This video, part of a new series of ESA teaching resources called 'Teach with space', shows an experiment that can be performed by teachers in the classroom to demonstrate the concept of a barycentre, or centre of mass, and how objects in orbit around each other move.

[KankerMongol]

Wow, that's incredibly interesting! I had so much trouble understanding the barycentric orbit until I watched this video. Thanks!

[bluethunder]

Excellent video. This need more views.

[vernonosier]

well explained and demonstrated. thank you.

[maroonburgundy]

Thank you, that is a good explanation of Barycenter.

[douglascueva]

I'm studying for an astronomy test and this really cleared things up. Thanks!

[jaykandari]

Woah!!! that's mind blowing. ..

And our Earth & The Moon are tied by the force of gravity. So are we and every object in this universe. Such a complex connection system is our Universe... #AmazingScience 

Thanks European Space Agency, ESA

[prakh]

Even the simplest stuff can be the coolest stuff.

[Jecholiah]

Thank you so much.
This is so helpful!

[Sameer-xnqu]

Thanks a lot esa😊.
I didn't know the truth but now I know what is reality 😎

[tatianatub]

`these video series need's about a 100% increase of kerbal

[AnilKumar-ngum]

it was incredibly easy!! thanks so much #europeanspaceagency thumbs up

[redspider]

You know about gravity. Find the center of the gravity between two objects or balls' mass or weight. That's why a light object orbits a heavy object, like Earth-Moon's "gravity dance".

[garyha]

You could also connect them with dowels and paint the approximate center of mass

[r.k.b.spokenenglish]

Nice explanation, by the way, if there are two objects then it is very easu to fimd barycenter but in case of objects which would be tje barycenter???

[just_hans]

i saw 5 balls and earth behind those balls

[wesbaumguardner]

This is a throwback to A Theory of Natural Philosophy by Roger Joseph Boscovich.

[Jaggerbush]

I wish the example B (iron ball) had the same color as sample A. I’m not sure I trust how obvious it is to my eyes.

[karedlavaishnavi]

How can the earth simultaneously manage the barycentre of it and sun and barycentre of Moon and it's????

[mohammadhaseeb]

Only 14k
Any non-sense stuff would have 140M

[francisco-mvoy]

Barycenter is "inside" earth???