There is another idea which I think was in the movie Armageddon from '98. Instead of blowing up a nuke on the surface, you drill into it and blow it up from the inside. This way you split the asteroid and then the larger pieces will be pushed away from Earth without changing the momentum of the...
My name is Nathan and I am a recent college graduate with a Bachelor's in Physics! I joined this site about six months ago but am just now getting around to the introduction. I enjoy playing soccer (have been playing on various competitive teams nearly my entire life) and I enjoy the outdoors...
I have tried looking this question up and I hope I am posting this question in the correct spot. I have read a little about photon clouds which surround electrons in a magnet but since I see myself as a very visual learner I think I am trying to think about this question as if something is...
You did use the RHR correctly, but when you say that the magnetic force on the electron is up [N], this is not correct. When I use the RHR I use my pointer finger to point in the direction of velocity, (since it is the first term in the cross product), then my middle finger points in the...