Animating Projectile Motion in Python

Shen Ge
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4 min readFeb 27, 2022

Projectile motion launched at 50 m/s at an angle of 45 degrees.

Introduction

Projectile motion is a form of motion experienced by an object that is projected near the Earth’s surface and moves along a curved path. This type of motion can also be known as a ballistic trajectory. You encounter it in everyday life in sports such as when someone tries to throw a basketball into a hoop or when you are trying to throw a crumpled piece of paper into the trash…

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