Lecturer, M.I.T. Physics Department

Newton’s Cannon

Initial speed = 7325 m/s
Time scaling = 500 sim s / real s
Pass through the earth?
Launch altitude = 100 %
Choose a projectile color: Choose a trail color:

This simulation is based on Isaac Newton’s thought experiment and illustration of firing a projectile from a high mountaintop at various speeds, as he described in A Treatise of the System of the World.