Is the marble shot, fired, or thrown?

[Turrialba]

I am not an expert or even a student of physics, but I am translating a document from Spanish to English that discusses the history of Newton and Kepler.

My question is regarding frequently used terminology.

I have a sentence that translates to this: “From the edge of a table, a marble is shot/(spring) fired/thrown horizontally at the same instant and from the same height that another marble is dropped.”

Which is the more commonly used word in this instance; shot, fired, or thrown? The word used in Spanish can be interpreted as anyone of these three but I am certain that there exists an often-repeated and accepted standard.

Thank you in advance for your polite response.

 

[phinds]

Thrown would NOT be appropriate but either shot or fired would be OK. Personally, I would use shot.

 

[Turrialba]

Thank you. I will use 'shot'.

 

[xAxis]

Yap, I'd say shot is the best translation. Just imagine some spanish non physicist translating physics text from english to spanish. He would probably be most confused by the word 'shot'.