Ballistic Trajectories


	This shows the ballistic trajectory of a projectile launched in a vacuum. You can vary the initial position and velocity.


	Contributed by: Jeff Bryant

Let the initial position and velocity of the projectile be

) and (

). The projectile's position

seconds after being launched is (

), where

is the acceleration due to gravity (9.8

Projectile (ScienceWorld)

"Ballistic Trajectories" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BallisticTrajectories/

Contributed by: Jeff Bryant

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