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In this issue: March 2023

John Essick, Harvey Gould, Adam Fritsch, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Jan Tobochnik
John Essick, Harvey Gould, Adam Fritsch, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Beth Parks, B. Cameron Reed, Donald Salisbury, Jan Tobochnik
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 91, 165–166 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0142817
Published: March 2023
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Long-term changes in the Earth's climate: Milankovitch cycles as an exercise in classical mechanics

R. C. T. Rainey
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 848–856 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0013563
Published: November 2022
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Measuring the Hannay geometric phase

H. Fanchiotti, C. A. García Canal, M. Mayosky, A. Veiga, V. Vento
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 430–435 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0081149
Published: June 2022
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Gravitational orbits and the Lambert problem

Ian R. Gatland
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 90, 177–178 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0060998
Published: March 2022
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An exact solution for a particle in a velocity-dependent force field

Julio M. Yáñez, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Felipe González-Cataldo, David Laroze
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 1103–1112 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0005992
Published: December 2021
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Not the garden hose instability: Wavelength selection in a buckling garden hose

Tianyi Guo, Xiaoyu Zheng, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 575–582 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003819
Published: June 2021
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An optical n-body gravitational lens analogy

Markus Selmke
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 89, 11–20 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002117
Published: January 2021
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Tidal locking and the gravitational fold catastrophe

Andrea Ferroglia, Miguel C. N. Fiolhais
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 1059–1067 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001772
Published: December 2020
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Geodesy on surfaces of revolution: A wormhole application

Lorenzo Gallerani Resca, Nicholas A. Mecholsky
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 308–312 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000464
Published: April 2020
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The motion of a conical pendulum in a rotating frame: The study of the paths, determination of oscillation periods, and the Bravais pendulum

José A. Giacometti
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 292–297 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000374
Published: April 2020
View article titled, The motion of a conical pendulum in a rotating frame: The study of the paths, determination of oscillation periods, and the Bravais pendulum
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Celestial Calculations: A Gentle Introduction to Computational Astronomy

Timothy F. Slater
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 88, 81 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000284
Published: January 2020
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Demonstrating the elliptical orbit of Mars using naked eye data

Kevin Krisciunas
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 885–893 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5120020
Published: November 2019
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Free fall through the rotating and inhomogeneous Earth

Stefan Isermann
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 646–653 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5100942
Published: August 2019
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The power of the pen (and water bottle) in estimating the physics of the solar eclipse

Ryan P. Smith
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 230–231 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088937
Published: March 2019
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Free falling inside flattened spheroids: Gravity tunnels with no exit

Richard Taillet
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 924–933 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5075716
Published: December 2018
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Kepler's equation and some of its pearls

Francisco G. M. Orlando, C. Farina, Carlos A. D. Zarro, P. Terra
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 849–858 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5055760
Published: November 2018
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Lagrangian vs Hamiltonian: The best approach to relativistic orbits

Richard H. Price, Kip S. Thorne
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 678–682 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5047439
Published: September 2018
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The apparent (gravitational) horizon in cosmology

Fulvio Melia
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 585–593 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5045333
Published: August 2018
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The flight of Newton's cannonball

W. Dean Pesnell
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 338–343 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5027489
Published: May 2018
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The geometry of relativity

Tevian Dray
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 683–691 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4997027
Published: September 2017
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