Can You Make Magnets Orbit Each Other?

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  • @TheWdupp
    @TheWdupp 3 роки тому +2973

    For the people wondering which software he used to simulate the orbits: it's called Universe Sandbox

    • @saims.2402
      @saims.2402 3 роки тому +98

      Oh I used to watch videos of this guy playing around in with that software, he called it a game tho.

    • @JjMn1000
      @JjMn1000 3 роки тому +17

      Already knew

    • @ismahelo
      @ismahelo 3 роки тому +12

      Glad to hear that 🤝

    • @sakshamk4009
      @sakshamk4009 3 роки тому +8

      Thanks

    • @MeruXYZ
      @MeruXYZ 3 роки тому +130

      @@saims.2402 Universe Sandbox is a game. Space Engine is the superior simulation engine. It's also on steam though lol

  • @redghost001
    @redghost001 3 роки тому +1776

    You know that things are really interesting when he says "Holy cow" 😂

  • @pawankhanal8472
    @pawankhanal8472 3 роки тому +730

    Centrifugal force
    Vsauce : or is it ? Centripetal in different frame of reference

    • @BloopSuperJuice
      @BloopSuperJuice 3 роки тому +1

      Dunnnn

    • @bubble1766
      @bubble1766 3 роки тому +4

      Vsause is... Kinda... Vsause.

    • @JKTCGMV13
      @JKTCGMV13 3 роки тому +63

      Yeah his opening talk about forces was pretty subpar.

    • @pronounjow
      @pronounjow 3 роки тому +50

      No, it's inertia, or the tendency to stay in motion at the same velocity until an external force is applied.

    • @breadone_
      @breadone_ 3 роки тому +45

      @@pronounjow yeah exactly, no centrifugal force

  • @mathtonight1084
    @mathtonight1084 3 роки тому +342

    I just LOVE it when there is a concise and straight-forward mathematical answer for questions like this. I had no idea that force-distance scaling had such a deterministic effect on forming stable orbits, that's interesting as heck.

    • @jromero925ify
      @jromero925ify 2 роки тому +6

      Yes very hecky

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU 2 роки тому +7

      Just say "hell" or "fuck" :)

    • @prettyrat.
      @prettyrat. 2 роки тому +11

      @@eleSDSU or they won’t? lmao you still understood them

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 2 роки тому +10

      @@eleSDSU Not everyone is vulgar.

    • @gIokk
      @gIokk 2 роки тому

      @@eleSDSU shut up

  • @chillinvillin
    @chillinvillin 2 роки тому +134

    This guy and NileRed are my two favorite sciencey guys. . .
    I know NileRed is more chemistry while Action Lab is more physics, but as a lesser-nerd I group them together in the "sciencey" category. Found NR through making bismuth from antacid tablets and making transparent wood, and I found AL through the simulation of slowing down the speed of light to "walking speed" and have been hooked on them both ever since.

    • @shebahammy
      @shebahammy Рік тому +2

      🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @carstenanand3115
      @carstenanand3115 Рік тому +9

      now we need to find a biology channel and the trinity of science channels is complete

    • @rakhuramai
      @rakhuramai Рік тому

      @@carstenanand3115 yay

    • @spocite
      @spocite Рік тому +7

      @@shebahammy no way you just went on a science channel and commented the nerd emoji

    • @edwardvgarrick8748
      @edwardvgarrick8748 Рік тому

      @@carstenanand3115maybe trey the explainer?

  • @glarynth
    @glarynth 3 роки тому +690

    Action Lab: "centrifugal"
    Me: makes popcorn and scrolls down

    • @glarynth
      @glarynth 3 роки тому +61

      @@395leandro It's funny when people claim something doesn't exist and then go on to describe what it is.

    • @glarynth
      @glarynth 3 роки тому +47

      @@395leandro Gravity emerges from objects following geodesics in spacetime. That doesn't mean gravity doesn't exist.
      *[popcorn intensifies]*

    • @geniusgamer3840
      @geniusgamer3840 3 роки тому +13

      @@glarynth Any extra popcorn left?

    • @johnjordan3552
      @johnjordan3552 3 роки тому +7

      @@glarynth can I have some?

    • @Jennifer-ri9nc
      @Jennifer-ri9nc 3 роки тому +2

      well actually........

  • @shariqkhan9489
    @shariqkhan9489 3 роки тому +350

    This guy is amazingly amazing

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 3 роки тому +178

    Action lab, “balls in space”- sequel.

  • @simopelle
    @simopelle 3 роки тому +57

    Small correction: centrifugal force is actually an apparent force.
    What's keeping a planet in orbit is the fact that the force of gravity is acting perpendicularly to the planet's inertial vector.

    • @RobinClaassen
      @RobinClaassen 2 роки тому +17

      If we're going to make that correction, we should also point out that gravity is not a force either. It's an effect caused by acceleration, which can be produced by mass warping time-space, or by an or an object changing its speed.

    • @yourfellowhomosapien5448
      @yourfellowhomosapien5448 2 роки тому +1

      Smart people out here

    • @RobinClaassen
      @RobinClaassen 2 роки тому +3

      @@yourfellowhomosapien5448 I love your username!

    • @WeirdBrainGoo
      @WeirdBrainGoo Рік тому +1

      THANKYOU.gif

    • @katharinas6899
      @katharinas6899 Рік тому +3

      @@RobinClaassen If you're going to say it's not a force, you should point out that all fundamental forces are emergent forces like gravity, and it's perfectly fine to call it a force - especially in a video aimed at an audience that requires an explanation of an orbit.

  • @theftking
    @theftking 2 роки тому +1

    If two magnets can orbit each other then we can provide infinite energy from them obviously. Btw that's my idea plz don't steal.

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 3 роки тому +197

    I'm amazed that two golf balls turn into a larger golf ball when they touch. 😅

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 3 роки тому +61

      That's a well known of effect, and is the reason space-golf isn't very interesting.

    • @joanguimaraescastro
      @joanguimaraescastro 3 роки тому +6

      That's in Universe Sandbox.

    • @karlkastor
      @karlkastor 3 роки тому +14

      @@tonyennis1787 space-golf is a real thing. Alan Shepard played golf on the moon and Mikhail Tyurin on the outside of the ISS.

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 3 роки тому +6

      @@karlkastor yeah but they go no corporate sponsorship

    • @karlkastor
      @karlkastor 3 роки тому +3

      @@tonyennis1787 Actually Mikhail Tyurin was sponsored by the golf company Element 21

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 3 роки тому +145

    Whenever James proposes a crazy experiment, my bet is that he's going to pull it off somehow. Besides this one, I can only remember the fixing plates with milk and that burning paper with a mangnifying glass by the moonlight as the ones he proved the trick to be impossible.

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich 3 роки тому

      Making a white hole in his kitchen didn't really work out either

    • @suprith-science1441
      @suprith-science1441 3 роки тому +4

      @@StefanReich He didn't really make it though, his intention was to demonstrate it through the analogy of water

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS 3 роки тому +1

      I didn't even know that was his name haha 😅

    • @dnick630
      @dnick630 3 роки тому +3

      @@suprith-science1441 lmfao dude was disappointed that he didnt get to see an actual white hole

    • @esecallum
      @esecallum 3 роки тому +1

      LOOK AT THESE TWO MAGNETS ORBITING EACH OTHER. NEW DISCOVERY !
      ua-cam.com/video/LyvfDzRLsiU/v-deo.html

  • @mathiash3541
    @mathiash3541 3 роки тому +147

    Yes a video of the action lab on my birthday lol!

    • @gorneth8313
      @gorneth8313 3 роки тому +14

      happy birthday!

    • @dabswithnate
      @dabswithnate 3 роки тому +12

      Happy birthday!!!

    • @mathiash3541
      @mathiash3541 3 роки тому +7

      Thx!

    • @jonathan100yearsago
      @jonathan100yearsago 3 роки тому +12

      You know when ever your birthday is arrived you life shorter right? I mean birthday is just reminder that your life is getting shorter every year
      Anyway HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

    • @MrAqr2598
      @MrAqr2598 3 роки тому +4

      Happy Birthday🎊🎉🎂

  • @7deepbreaths.sounds
    @7deepbreaths.sounds 3 роки тому +54

    Thank you for your Action Lab shorts. Your work is enlightening and fun to watch. I am a musician who has always been interested in Science and I find your channel to be excellent.

  • @chairuwu4903
    @chairuwu4903 Рік тому +2

    Work smarter, not harder! If a magnet was spinning, than stable orbits could be possible, because from the perspective of the other magnet, the body it's orbiting is a monopole (of course it really isn't, but in this situation it's close enough).

  • @sylvainchenal5225
    @sylvainchenal5225 3 роки тому +51

    Yo i finally understood how the Moon started orbiting the Earth, the 50 golf ball was a perfect example!

    • @Max11legoPlays
      @Max11legoPlays 3 роки тому +11

      @@gregoryford2532 it was a small planet that collided with earth and made a bunch of debris that all clumped up and eventually formed the moon

    • @MultiPleaser
      @MultiPleaser 3 роки тому +2

      For some reason, astroniners say that it's much less kujemy that Earth captured a passing Moon. It's far more likely that the Moon firned from an impact between Priti Eartg and Theia, which was a Mars sized planet.
      When Apollo missions gathered enough rocks on the Moon's surface, these proved that the Moon was made of Earth's crust, which was tossed into orbit during the collision with Theia
      And Theia's core went down into Earth's core. Or mantle. Geologists have found two humongous blobs in Earth's mantle that they suspect is Theia, after being torn in half.

    • @jaysant6958
      @jaysant6958 9 місяців тому

      Does this work for the earth orbiting the Sun too?

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 3 роки тому +51

    As far as I know there is no centrifugal force acting on objects in orbit, otherwise they wouldn’t accelerate. Gravity is the only force involved in orbits.

    • @dhanush5587
      @dhanush5587 3 роки тому +2

      If gravity only involved then moon will collide earth. If it is not centrifugal force it may be other force. I'm dame sure that 2 forces are involved

    • @ncedwards1234
      @ncedwards1234 3 роки тому +31

      @@dhanush5587 Don't be so sure m8. Force means acceleration, but acceleration doesn't mean a change in velocity. If an object went in a straight line and was accelerated in that direction, then it would speed up, BUT in the case of planetary orbits the acceleration is only the change in the velocities direction without affecting the magnitude of the velocity. Vectors and whatnot.

    • @robertulrich3964
      @robertulrich3964 3 роки тому +10

      centrifugal is kinda of a misnomer. what actually is happening is the moment of inertia is constantly changing from angular to circular.

    • @rainbowevil
      @rainbowevil 3 роки тому +17

      @@dhanush5587 this is false, what prevents the collision is the velocity perpendicular to the gravitational force - if this wasn’t present it would collide, but orbits will have this velocity.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 3 роки тому +7

      if your in a rotating reference frame then there will be centrifugal forces, and that will cause a planet to appear to not accelerate or move at all given a circular orbit. But you have to remember that the reference frame is still rotating, which means in a stationary frame the planet will be rotating.

  • @hema.bhandari
    @hema.bhandari 3 роки тому +68

    @TheActionLab, if you try to maintain the spinning/orbitting magnet in such a way that the magnet at rest is located at the focus of the elliptical orbit then it'll kinda orbit for much longer time. [Kepler's 1st law of planetary orbit].

    • @jameshines9253
      @jameshines9253 3 роки тому +1

      Your comment should have gotten more comments! 👍👍

    • @Photops
      @Photops 3 роки тому

      Thank you!!! I was getting frustrated 😵

  • @maskedmarvyl4774
    @maskedmarvyl4774 3 роки тому +48

    Have you looked up inverter magnets? They're a combination of a ring of small neodymium magnets surrounding a large neodymium disc magnet. They prevent a magnet from escaping or getting too close. It's a quite expensive toy, but imagine a whole stack of them, with a magnet orbiting them. Just an idea.

    • @FDroid01
      @FDroid01 Рік тому

      Pretty much what I think this is. :P
      The only real balance is entropy, or at least dissonant transduction i/e modulation of energy. I think without it... matter and all forces on it would resonate without interference, become a giant polarized mess, transductive media would become energetically resonant, and all matter would break down into energy - or at least some resonant balance I/e orbit between the two.
      My real question is, what is entropy? It seems to be what causes matter to transduce energy into forces that affect and are affected by it.
      So there must be a transducer of energy and matter, because matter would otherwise just polarize itself into a sort of energy-matter semiconductor consisting of the very base of what matter is. Some say hydrogen, some say quarks, some say strings of causal entanglement, and others say pure energy meaning nothing at all but space with or without potential I don't really know.
      But what is entropy? It turns energy into matter and can therefore turn matter into energy or is sisters with something that can.
      But how? Why? What even is it, which is a thing that creates matter out of pure space / energy / potential? And it or them that turn matter back into potential? How and why can it have the same rules at both the level of space and nothingness?
      I'm gonna short a fuse just thinking of this stuff huh?

    • @danielsieker9927
      @danielsieker9927 Рік тому +4

      @@FDroid01 This just sounds like a bunch of buzzwords with no real understanding behind them.

    • @FDroid01
      @FDroid01 Рік тому

      @@danielsieker9927 I did say I was gonna sblow a fuse just thinking about it xD

    • @autumn8215
      @autumn8215 Рік тому

      ​@@danielsieker9927 how much dose it cost?

  • @joshuasoule4886
    @joshuasoule4886 3 роки тому +9

    You’re a genius and you make science interesting. Like Bill Nye used to when I was a kid

  • @anventia
    @anventia 3 роки тому +54

    I wonder how difficult it would be to set this up inside a vacuum chamber

    • @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC
      @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC 3 роки тому

      Q: What if there was an exterior magnet the balanced the g force rotation around center magnet? 😁 Also my opinion on gravity is that exterior of planet earth is the condensed pressure on to earth pushing objects down that are not closest to its properties (likes attract) oil and water separate and decide position from great amount of mass of surround bring. Is this possible? Please explain. Thanks

    • @synical4
      @synical4 3 роки тому +6

      @@LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC I like your funny words, magic man

    • @starstencahl8985
      @starstencahl8985 3 роки тому +3

      @@synical4 Don’t feel stupid, I have no idea what he tried to ask or tell us either, but it’s not because of the technicalities 🤔

    • @bullseye3767
      @bullseye3767 3 роки тому

      @@LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC dude for the first it would form a eclipse and the second one no

    • @sumthinfresh
      @sumthinfresh 3 роки тому +1

      @@LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC Earth is flat start there

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 3 роки тому +25

    You could still potentially have some sort of orbit as long as they are "tidally locked." I'm not sure if it would be stable considering that the magnets are attracted by an inverse cube law but it should work.

  • @as-qh1qq
    @as-qh1qq 3 роки тому +42

    Just a correction, a balance of force isn't needed for uniform circular motion ( the acceleration would be 0 then ), just an initial velocity. Do preamble that u were talking in the objects frame.

    • @mario_dc
      @mario_dc 3 роки тому +3

      Exactly, it's the conservation of angular momentum what keeps things orbiting around a central body. Centripetal acceleration, caused by gravity, is what constantly bends the trajectory into an elliptical orbit.

    • @as-qh1qq
      @as-qh1qq 3 роки тому +6

      @@mario_dc I guess u meant angular, linear isn't conserved - force acting

    • @a.y.102
      @a.y.102 3 роки тому +11

      That's right. Centrifugal force is not a real force, it's only a force we define for convenience when we want to set the frame of reference that follows the rotating/revolving object. Even in that case, drawing the centrifugal force together with the ball moving in the same picture (0:55) is incorrect.

    • @as-qh1qq
      @as-qh1qq 3 роки тому +2

      @@sakshamk4009 radial acceleration doesn't always lead to change in magnitude of radial velocity, circular motion case in point. So rdot stays zero, r stays const, rhat dot non zero.

    • @adiyaroy0
      @adiyaroy0 3 роки тому +1

      **screams in confusion in 7th grader**

  • @robertfleischmann4119
    @robertfleischmann4119 3 роки тому +3

    The same concept was done years ago on the Space Shuttle. Instead of pure magnetism though, they used static electricity. I believe it was a water droplet orbiting around a statically charged plastic rod.

  • @SusDoctor
    @SusDoctor 11 місяців тому +1

    I love how quickly the question was answered

  • @karlkastor
    @karlkastor 3 роки тому +42

    Could you try an orbit with static electricity (on styrofoam balls) next? That should work, because they wouldn't have poles. Also in a cyclotron, electrons move in a circle in a magnetic field.

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 3 роки тому +2

      That might work, he has a vacuum chamber too which should account for air friction too

    • @bavidlynx3409
      @bavidlynx3409 2 роки тому +1

      That is actually a super smart idea. I would love to check out this experiment

    • @littlegeek5159
      @littlegeek5159 2 роки тому +1

      A cyclotron has an actively varying electric field. This is distinct from an orbit, in which each object's own force-field is static relative to itself.

  • @saims.2402
    @saims.2402 3 роки тому +48

    How are you able to come up with so many great ideas. You are truly a genius.

    • @math_the_why_behind
      @math_the_why_behind 3 роки тому +2

      Ikr!

    • @JustangGT500
      @JustangGT500 3 роки тому +4

      Genius?

    • @mayankkoli2300
      @mayankkoli2300 3 роки тому +7

      @@JustangGT500 anything wrong in it?

    • @ABaumstumpf
      @ABaumstumpf 3 роки тому +3

      I also wonder how he manages to make those videos - good ideas, but then he does not understand the physics and explains them wrong, yet still manages to make good experinments.
      @@mayankkoli2300 Yes - his entire explanation of the physics behind it. For planets there is only 1 force acting - gravity - and even that only if we look at it with newtonian physics. If there was a centrifugal force like he claims then NO objects could orbit each other as they would just fly past each other in straight lines.

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  3 роки тому +35

      @@ABaumstumpf Lol, Newton is the one that explained it this way in Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In order for something to stay at the same radial distance, the object has to have an opposing force. Centrifugal force is the same way as saying that the object has to be moving quickly around in a circle. It is not wrong, it is a different reference frame.

  • @RaubeR666
    @RaubeR666 3 роки тому +16

    Nice experiment. What if you used a vacuum chamber and a string? Although it would be very hard to control. Maybe a magnet and a piece of metal would also be fine. And there are induced currents in metals... Then I wonder if it would be better to have many smaller separate pieces in a lump.

  • @Lucius_Chiaraviglio
    @Lucius_Chiaraviglio 3 роки тому

    Making the force drop as 1/r^1.9 or 1/r^2.1 isn't actually making the orbits unstable, but it causes them to precess, like general relativity causes Mercury's orbit to precess. But if you go all the way to 1/r^3, then you won't have a stable orbit. The reason that the long magnet on a line worked for a while for orbiting the large long magnet is that since both magnets were long, the force dropoff was in between 1/r^2 and 1/r^3, so the orbit could last (even though not closed) until energy losses made it small enough for collision. (By the way, gravitationally bound orbits do eventually decay, again due to losses, as demonstrated by LIGO, but if you don't have losses from gas or magnetic drag, that takes a LONG time.)

  • @epicdaniel508
    @epicdaniel508 3 роки тому +1

    Centrifugal force doesn’t exist. There’s no force opposing the attractive force, otherwise the trajectory would be a straight line. You need a centripetal force to make an object move in a circle.

  • @fn3200
    @fn3200 3 роки тому +4

    In reality, to make two objects orbit each other you only need a centripetal force (centrifugal force is only the centripetal force observed from the point of view of the object that is orbiting). The reason why we only need one force (the centripetal one) is that in itself the object that is orbiting at any moment would like to travel in a uniform rectilinear motion (due to the principle of inertia), it is exactly the centripetal force that does not allow it, forcing it to follow a circular trajectory

    • @rainbowevil
      @rainbowevil 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly, and if those 2 forces were balanced as he said in the video, it would travel in the linear path as you describe, which is clearly not an orbit!

    • @fn3200
      @fn3200 3 роки тому

      @@rainbowevil yep, in reality centrifugal/centripetal force are just the same force observed (experienced in this case is better) by two different observers. Centrifugal is an apparent force.
      However I think he knows all of this but he used this (incorrect) example to describe in an easy and intuitive way the circular motion

  • @Znatnhos
    @Znatnhos 3 роки тому +18

    You also introduced quite a few more forces with that magnetic orbiting setup. There is the spring force of the rod pulling the magnet back to center, plus the tension forces from gravity pulling on the mass. I honestly think you'd have had better luck passing the cylindrical magnet through a plane of plastic and rolling the original ball magnet around that. You'd still have the polarity of the ball magnet mess up the orbit, but I would think that would be less of a factor than the additional forces from the rod.

    • @truestopguardatruestop164
      @truestopguardatruestop164 3 роки тому

      The same thing I though: constrain the magnets with 2 frictionless planes

    • @bigthahn
      @bigthahn 3 роки тому

      Yes I was thinking this once the magnet began slight orbit he didn't continue to wiggle his hand which was the initial causation of the magnets beginning motion. If you continually applied the same spinning motion even once the magnet began to grab then I think, should it not continue it's orbit as long as you applied that same outward force with the rod?

  • @gorgonslayer4166
    @gorgonslayer4166 3 роки тому +30

    I've not watched it but i'm pretty sure it'll be an amazing video as always!

  • @Daniel-fv1ff
    @Daniel-fv1ff 3 роки тому +1

    Inaccurate explanation of orbits in space

  • @cassandra5390
    @cassandra5390 3 роки тому +2

    I think that would probably keep children more entertained than any toy out on the market right now!
    That's really cool!

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton 3 роки тому +8

    Neodymium magnets are very brittle, hitting them together is not good for them but it's all in the name of science! :) Thank you for another informative and entertaining video!

    • @Lucius_Chiaraviglio
      @Lucius_Chiaraviglio 3 роки тому +1

      I thought that was samarium-cobalt magnets that were brittle; what I'd read of about neodymium magnets is that they corrode like crazy if not properly coated.

  • @soonts
    @soonts 3 роки тому +7

    If you launch the thing at exactly right velocity + direction, you can achieve stable circular orbit with any attractional force. The R^-2 forces are only necessary for stable eccentrical orbits. Achieving that exactly right velocity is hard in practice, though.

    • @g4me-time524
      @g4me-time524 3 роки тому +3

      Indeed, you can create an orbit with all kind of potentials, it doesn't need to be 1/r^2. As long as no energy is lost there is no reason for it to fall into the center, when the initial conditions are right.

    • @petehiggins33
      @petehiggins33 3 роки тому

      This is true but they cannot be called stable orbits. They are unstable orbits where the slightest disturbance will cause the object to crash and burn or spin off into space. Stable orbits such as gravitational orbits can be disturbed ie have their kinetic energy changed and they will just adopt a slightly different orbit corresponding to their new energy.

    • @g4me-time524
      @g4me-time524 3 роки тому

      @@petehiggins33 @number 33 this doesn't sound physically correct. You can calculate the escape velocity for any kind of potential by integrating the potential towards infinity. So you won't accidentally let it escape the orbit by giving it a small nudge. Similar with falling to the center: unless it hits the object in the middle, the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy will be constant. They may not be circular or elliptical orbits, but they will be definitely be stable in a two body system.

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 3 роки тому +20

    This man just casually made the best simple explanation for why photons are both seen as waves and particles I've ever heard

  • @travo6805
    @travo6805 7 місяців тому +1

    This video is going to make me fail my physics final, I was just curious if its possible to send a magnet into orbit

  • @StevieObieYT
    @StevieObieYT 3 роки тому +1

    02:33 "since we can't go out to space to do this" 🥺 We want The Action Lab in space! Let's go! 😁

  • @pro-gradetech9155
    @pro-gradetech9155 3 роки тому +27

    These videos are very informative for students taking A Level Physics! Great videos

  • @df3_legomocs
    @df3_legomocs 3 роки тому +6

    just to precise something the "centrifugal force" does not exist its just inertia that modified by the gravitationnal force of the planet in the exemple

    • @hoboinspector
      @hoboinspector 3 роки тому +2

      agreed, except according to relativity gravity isnt a force either

    • @df3_legomocs
      @df3_legomocs 3 роки тому +2

      @@hoboinspector absolutely it’s just by phrasing it that way it’s easier to understand it and you don’t want necessarily to introduce the theory of relativity just to talk about inertia

    • @silience4095
      @silience4095 3 роки тому

      @@df3_legomocs Well... in relativity, the planets are just following straight lines through spacetime, known as geodesics.
      Most of the curve happens in the time dimension btw, not the space dimensions.

  • @blueckaym
    @blueckaym 3 роки тому +11

    Very interesting!
    And I would really appreciate if you elaborate (perhaps in another video) on how Gravity results in stable orbits.
    It intuitively seems that the orbit of a body around another body (like a planet around its star) is unstable equilibrium state (it's not just a point obviously as it requires correct position and momentum). But I mean that even the slight offset of the perfect balance (and we know that very few things are perfect in reality) would potentially (even if in a very long time) set the body either no a collision course, or would eject it away of the other body (losing energy usually results in the first scenario).
    So it seems there is a phenomenon or mechanism that ensures a balanced state (at least for some part of the matter), but intuitive thinking of separate bodies doesn't work as this balance of the whole system in my opinion is result of all the bodies (no matter how big or small or many) works by simultaneous interactions between all of them.
    I know Lagrangian mechanics is good for describing such complex systems, but I'm not familiar with it or its maths.
    And also while I definitely support the role of Math in all the branches of sciences, I think it doesn't help with actually understanding or communicating how a given phenomenon works (except between mathematicians)

    • @silience4095
      @silience4095 3 роки тому +3

      Because his explanation is wrong...
      The centrifugal force is not real, it's not a thing in orbits.
      Let's ignore relativity for a second and assume that gravity is a force. The force points radially inward, which moves the velocity vector around its parent body. It's just the inertia of the object that keeps it from falling straight down.
      It's like swinging an object using a rope, the only force is the centripetal force from the rope... the centrifugal force doesn't exist... it's a fictional force.

    • @dustinc6869
      @dustinc6869 3 роки тому +1

      @@silience4095 Thank you. I also said something similar above. There is no centrifugal force here. An orbit is a body that is being pulled by a force but is free falling at an arc greater than the force. With no friction (no atmosphere), the object wont slow down and will maintain the same trajectory in a free fall around the object.
      Pretty shocked that this channel got it so wrong. Im usually really impressed with the other content.

    • @totheknee
      @totheknee 3 роки тому +1

      All known elliptical orbits decay due to influences from the rest of the system. It's just a matter of time. But there are just so many orbits that last a "long time" in human terms, that short-term stability (on the order of millions of years) is highly likely. The orbits themselves are neither stable nor unstable in the sense you are talking about, there are just an infinite amount of them. If you perturb an object in a particular orbit, the satellite will just assume another orbit according to the observed mechanics governed by mass, velocity, and gravity.

  • @sergiuszwinogrodzki6569
    @sergiuszwinogrodzki6569 2 роки тому +2

    You could also say that in case of gravity all bodies are just moving forward, just in a curved spacetime.

  • @nihiliphim3789
    @nihiliphim3789 2 роки тому +2

    you have accidentally shown that the moon's orbit is a spiral that will eventually collide with earth

  • @jaythejayzer
    @jaythejayzer 3 роки тому +4

    colliding magnet spheres - "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick"

  • @karma_yogi_42
    @karma_yogi_42 3 роки тому +15

    Man! Discovering the physical world all over again, like being kids again

    • @sumthinfresh
      @sumthinfresh 3 роки тому

      Like being in school listening to lies about evolution, spinning globes, big bangs. Thank goodness we grew up and learned the truth

  • @rajanlamichhane3095
    @rajanlamichhane3095 3 роки тому +5

    You read my mind, action lab

  • @MrJPI
    @MrJPI 3 роки тому +1

    Nice, but there is no centrifucal force. Put more clearly: centrifugal force is not a force. For example when the moon orbits the earth, the only Newtonian force acting is the gravitational force between the two podies.

  • @CesareVesdani
    @CesareVesdani 3 роки тому +1

    You need zero gravity to make two magnets orbit each other.

  • @thestragequack3598
    @thestragequack3598 3 роки тому +8

    Sir, why is your 'Fly Power' video age restricted?😂

  • @Suman-nv5hy
    @Suman-nv5hy 3 роки тому +18

    the slow-mo and piano music was so well matched:
    Edit: thanks for 15 likes. (my highest ever in a comment)

    • @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC
      @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC 3 роки тому

      Q: What if there was an exterior magnet the balanced the g force rotation around center magnet? 😁 Also my opinion on gravity is that exterior of planet earth is the condensed pressure on to earth pushing objects down that are not closest to its properties (likes attract) oil and water separate and decide position from great amount of mass of surround bring. Is this possible? Please explain. Thanks

  • @Johnny-br1nm
    @Johnny-br1nm 3 роки тому +17

    seeing something actually cool for once-

    • @tu_matthew771
      @tu_matthew771 3 роки тому +2

      What do you haven’t seen any of his videos?

    • @69k_gold
      @69k_gold 3 роки тому

      Almost all of his videos are as cool as this. Check them out!

    • @adri4931
      @adri4931 3 роки тому

      IKRRRR

    • @Mega_Mikey
      @Mega_Mikey 3 роки тому +1

      Ending a sentence with a dash-

    • @Johnny-br1nm
      @Johnny-br1nm 3 роки тому

      @@tu_matthew771 oh I've been subbed since 2018 but most ppl dont post really amazing content like him

  • @JohnTrustworthy
    @JohnTrustworthy 3 роки тому +1

    I think I have an idea for a way to "cheat" a magnetic orbit.
    You align the magnetic fields the opposite way so that the magnetic force becomes the centrifugal force while the smaller magnet is hanging on a rope so that now gravity acts like a centripetal force and you give it a spin. It will spin in orbit on its equilibrium radius until it settles due to friction.

  • @TheDivineOneOfficialYT
    @TheDivineOneOfficialYT 16 днів тому +1

    As soon as I saw the word "Orbit" the planet nerd inside me took over and made me click this video. XD

  • @dwightfry99
    @dwightfry99 3 роки тому +6

    There's a channel that highlights interesting toys. One of them I saw recently was a setup where a large center magnet attracted a second magnet, but a series of smaller magnets retracted the second magnet. The result was that second magnet would pull the contraption towards it, but would push it away if it got too close.
    If you did this same experiment with that contraption, it might create a long lasting stable orbit.
    Im gonna try to track down the video and update this comment with a link.
    Edit: found it! ua-cam.com/video/LyvfDzRLsiU/v-deo.html
    Edit2: I should have said a MORE stable orbit. I can imagine there are still issues that will cause the second magnet to slow to a stop.

    • @baseddino
      @baseddino 3 роки тому

      Cool but basically cheating at that point

    • @Havron
      @Havron 3 роки тому

      Ha, knew it would be Tim. Very cool and fascinating setup. Thanks for sharing.

  • @surajvkothari
    @surajvkothari 3 роки тому +16

    Action Lab, use GPT-3 to generate some video titles based on your channel, like Tom Scott did

  • @matt_the_musician
    @matt_the_musician 3 роки тому +8

    Wow, this is amazing, fascinating, and cool! 👍🏻😀
    I am going to use little magnets to make a new game to play with my mom, and likely others, too.

  • @skinisdelicious3365
    @skinisdelicious3365 3 роки тому +1

    Fringe scientist proves that gravity is just a guy in a garage wiggling a rod

  • @ZarHakkar
    @ZarHakkar 2 роки тому +1

    Wait, if electromagnetic orbits are inherently unstable due to the r^3 law, does that mean the orbitals of atoms are inherently unstable as well?

  • @sahibvirk
    @sahibvirk 3 роки тому +4

    07:46 God did his math.

    • @sumthinfresh
      @sumthinfresh 3 роки тому +1

      God made the Earth flat, the One true God who was manifest in the flesh as Jesus Christ

    • @TrioLive0
      @TrioLive0 13 годин тому

      ​@@sumthinfreshI feel bad for u

  • @Vodkavsky
    @Vodkavsky 3 роки тому +4

    Hang on, in the final simulation you had, you were showing the stable orbit, but then the two oscillating orbits which were inevitably going to repeat themselves as they continued circling and then eventually returned to their original position. They trace an outer circle with their many different orbits, so they can still orbit, it would just be repeating or oscillating in a set pattern, rather than a single constant loop in each of their revolutions around their point of orbit. This should mean that they can orbit, just not in the traditional sense, and so long as their orbits don't get changed by external forces, right?

  • @TROJEN420
    @TROJEN420 3 роки тому +4

    Love the fact your using one of my favorite games to explain this one 07

  • @baseddino
    @baseddino 3 роки тому +2

    The very last part was interesting, if gravity were slightly different it would change how the entire universe looks

  • @FewVidsJustComments
    @FewVidsJustComments Рік тому

    Scribblenauts Unlimited: “hold my notebook”
    (If you give a magnetic ball the “throwable” adjective, and another, larger one the immovable adjective, and throw the smaller one towards the bigger one at the right angle, it can go around it a few times, and possibly more)

  • @thinkoutsidethebox217
    @thinkoutsidethebox217 3 роки тому +22

    "Since We can't go out to space to do this"
    -ActionLab
    Then, how about doing this experiment in the vaccuum to simulate space.

    • @rodneybever9583
      @rodneybever9583 3 роки тому +6

      The earths gravity would prevent any experiment from being done. We would need to be further away from planetary influence

    • @cowmaster9180
      @cowmaster9180 3 роки тому

      a vaccuum just gets rid of friction through air resistance, but there would still be earths gravity which will produce a force pulling the magnets toward the ground. so actually in this situation, air resistance would probably be less of a problem because the magnets have low surface area and are pretty dense, and because of their weight friction from gravity would be a bigger issue. so him getting a platform that makes less friction from gravity was probably a smarter move

    • @climatechangedoesntbargain9140
      @climatechangedoesntbargain9140 3 роки тому

      @@cowmaster9180 he can do both by using more magnets

    • @cowmaster9180
      @cowmaster9180 3 роки тому

      @@climatechangedoesntbargain9140 but as he mentioned magnets have 2 poles. so unless he adds some kind of stabilization rig, which would then add resistance. and because the ones he was using were spherical itd be really hard to keep them from aligning to the magnets that would make them "float" and attract to them, creating friction no matter what.

  • @caleb_artzs2533
    @caleb_artzs2533 3 роки тому +4

    Technically you're just making a motor at this point 5:58

  • @ultimatefoodzone9577
    @ultimatefoodzone9577 3 роки тому +5

    I always wonder what’s gonna b in the new video and you always surprises me with a good video packed with knowledge and information 👍🏻keep bringing new videos

  • @colelacey2875
    @colelacey2875 3 роки тому

    Where was this PERFECT explanation with visuals when I was trying to explain this to a flat earther. I think you should do a video explaining to flat earthers why the water doesn't fly off with centrifugal force.

  • @asdfghyter
    @asdfghyter 3 роки тому +1

    The centrifugal force exists just as much as gravity does. Both are virtual forces created from choosing an accelerating coordinate system.
    For centrifugal, it comes from a rotating coordinate system, while for gravity it comes from a curved space-time. In a geodesic coordinate system, neither force exists.

  • @novashadow3704
    @novashadow3704 3 роки тому +5

    Magnets have always fascinated me, also what is the name of that simulation program?

    • @bhuvaneshwaranm5798
      @bhuvaneshwaranm5798 3 роки тому +1

      It's Universe Sandbox 2 enjoy!

    • @lyly_lei_lei
      @lyly_lei_lei 3 роки тому +1

      @@bhuvaneshwaranm5798 It’s not Universe Sandbox 2, it’s just Universe Sandbox and Universe Sandbox Legacy.

    • @norb3695
      @norb3695 3 роки тому

      @@lyly_lei_lei it used to be Universe Sandbox 2, but they renamed it

    • @lyly_lei_lei
      @lyly_lei_lei 3 роки тому +1

      @@norb3695 Correct.

  • @Adrs_channel
    @Adrs_channel 11 місяців тому +3

    0:17 ayo

  • @adamwong246
    @adamwong246 3 роки тому +3

    I think you CAN make them orbit, if you stretch the word "orbit" a bit.
    Make a big flat surface with a strong magnet mounted in the center. Now build a small robot vehicle- it has 3 "legs" with un-powered bearings for feet, so it can roll in any direction. Then mount a rotary servo on top and to that, attach another magnet. You'll need a sensor that detects the direction of the magnetic flux of the big magnet, so the bot can rotate it's little magnet accordingly to counterattack the sum magnetic forces.

  • @Syncuno
    @Syncuno Місяць тому

    This channel’s gotten a lot more interesting since I first found it. I like it a lot 👍🏻

  • @caseykelso1
    @caseykelso1 3 роки тому +1

    You should have made experiment where you cut the rope at certain times to see if it would stay in orbit because the Rope is drawing it to Ground Zero which is making it connect but without the friction of the Rope it could achieve an orbit...

  • @ofrivia9485
    @ofrivia9485 3 роки тому +4

    Isn't centrifugal force a pseudo force?

    • @advaykumar9726
      @advaykumar9726 3 роки тому +1

      It is

    • @C0deH0wler
      @C0deH0wler 3 роки тому

      There's just the ever change vector of gravity as the object goes around, and very fast 'sideways' velocity.

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal 3 роки тому

      Centrifugal force is exactly as fictitious as centripetal force. It's just a name for a group of other forces that behave similarly, like pressure, lift, or the normal force.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому

      @@TlalocTemporal No, that is not true. There is a specific reason why the centrifugal effect is called a pseudoforce, and those other examples of forces are not.
      The centrifugal effect is called a pseudoforce, because there isn't an interacting pair of objects that cause it. It is caused by one object as a consequence to being in a rotating reference frame, and attempting to travel in the inertial straight line, but having another force constrain it against doing so.

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal 3 роки тому

      @@carultch -- Your explanation doesn't disagree with mine.

  • @K_ingh16
    @K_ingh16 3 роки тому +7

    Gravity is the only force trying to pull your pants down like a pervert

    • @prykris
      @prykris 3 роки тому

      don't let feminist see this, they will def cancel gravity with all their might

    • @C0deH0wler
      @C0deH0wler 3 роки тому

      ​@@prykris You gonna be screeching when your (future) pickup truck gets taxed heavily like it should, and when you have to upgrade your licence to something not inappropriate for the mass and size.

    • @prykris
      @prykris 3 роки тому

      @@C0deH0wler there is no point in this short discussion that I disagree with :D

  • @jaikumar848
    @jaikumar848 3 роки тому +4

    Hi action lab ! Similarly can you make 2 electric charge orbit each other?

    • @jeevananand4810
      @jeevananand4810 3 роки тому

      Well yes. Atoms literally have Protons (Positive Charge) & Electrons (Negative Charge) , with electrons orbiting the Nucleus containing Protons.

    • @jaikumar848
      @jaikumar848 3 роки тому

      @@jeevananand4810 correction. Electron are in orbital not in orbit

    • @mystcat3
      @mystcat3 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaikumar848 Well you just answered yourself

    • @landsgevaer
      @landsgevaer 3 роки тому

      @@jaikumar848 And so are the magnets. In an orbital, I mean.
      Except that they are macroscopic and constantly interacting with other stuff, so classical theory doesn't break down quite so much as for a Hydrogen atom. But apart from that, these orbiting systems are not different in any way. So if you insist that electrons are in an orbital, not an orbit, then so is everything else, in principle. If you don't insist, then an electron in orbit around a proton is a somewhat fair classical model (ignoring radiation losses etc.).

  • @EVILBUNNY28
    @EVILBUNNY28 Рік тому +1

    Centrifugal force isn’t a real thing though right? It’s effectively just negative centripetal force

  • @gavinpalmer9174
    @gavinpalmer9174 2 роки тому

    It’s important to note that the “centrifugal force” isn’t a real force. It’s just an effect caused by the forward inertia of the orbiting object. When an object is in orbit, there is only one force acting on it, the *centripetal* force, which points inward towards the object it is orbiting around.

  • @kennethherd8850
    @kennethherd8850 3 роки тому +4

    I truly believe with the right experimentation all anti-gravity and other amazing propulsion and levitation possibilities would be discovered with magnetics as the center of the theory.

  • @herpusvonclustus456
    @herpusvonclustus456 3 роки тому +4

    my jaw was on the floor watching that in slow motion. mesmerizing

  • @JustAlgato
    @JustAlgato 3 роки тому +6

    Lol it's like gravitation, keplers law and stuff kind off, this something I'm studying rn

  • @ObeyCamp
    @ObeyCamp 3 роки тому

    A magnet on a string would've worked better than a magnet on a rod. Since the rod has to bend, it's imparting its own kind of pseudo-attractive force, pushing the attached smaller magnet toward the stationary large magnet, but this is still an awesome demonstration that proved the idea you set out to investigate. Orbiting magnetron! How awesome!
    I wonder if there are any organic examples of this sort of phenomenon in space. I wouldn't think the magnets would be anywhere near as pure, but these same materials and other magnetic materials obviously exist in nature, so it's at least theoretically possible that a natural example exists. If the universe is truly infinite then it's essentially a certainty that many organic versions of the phenomenon this experiment shows, exist in space somewhere.

  • @SirZelean
    @SirZelean 2 роки тому +1

    Wait, this ending made me think... If a meteor or something similar were ever to hit the moon with enough force, would this be as bad as hitting the Earth? I mean, depending on the direction, it might slow down the moon and the moon could fall towards the planet, or it could speed up the moon and eventually yeet it out of the orbit, which would be less bad, but there are many natural systems in our planet that depend on the moon's gravity

    • @seifellaban7271
      @seifellaban7271 2 роки тому +1

      Your idea is a real example but it totally depends on the mass and velocity of that meteor as in the equation of collision and momentum
      M1V1 + M2V2 = (M1+M2)V`

  • @Taric25
    @Taric25 3 роки тому +4

    I wish I could dislike this video twice, once for the fictitious centrifugal force and once again for the handwaving explanation of unstable orbits.

    • @rogg0224
      @rogg0224 3 роки тому

      Look at his comment

    • @Taric25
      @Taric25 3 роки тому +1

      @@rogg0224, no shit. I still wish I could dislike it twice.

  • @SkipyPengy
    @SkipyPengy 3 роки тому +7

    First

  • @sulagnalo7727
    @sulagnalo7727 3 роки тому +4

    first to comment

    • @babamcrib
      @babamcrib 3 роки тому

      Alt F4 to have 999 billion subs

  • @userjames2009
    @userjames2009 Рік тому

    You can make a tidally locked magnet orbit a superconductor. It'll even resist forces trying to change its distance from the superconductor.

  • @charlesbromberick4247
    @charlesbromberick4247 3 роки тому +1

    As an old physics major, I truly enjoy your videos and interesting selection of topcs.

  • @mattyice5379
    @mattyice5379 Рік тому +1

    Before watching this, I assume the answer to the title is “yes” because there are binary star systems

  • @evanscot.t
    @evanscot.t 3 роки тому

    I feel like the magnets sticking together and spinning super fast is similar to how black holes work but black holes spin so fast they create a vacuum effect

  • @elvis5384
    @elvis5384 3 роки тому +1

    What if you wold have a force pushing the magnet equal to the force pulling the magnet towards the other magnet? Wold it just stop in place and keep it's distance or wold it actually orbit around the other magnet? And if the magnet stops, what if you always had a force pushing the magnet from behind at all times? Wold you be able to create perpetual movement with such things?

  • @jamiebrown1171
    @jamiebrown1171 3 роки тому

    This chanel always answers my questions before i even question them

  • @jaydencrimsoneverett6731
    @jaydencrimsoneverett6731 2 роки тому

    I have a simple idea
    Attach a big magnet on a string, then attach a smaller magnet on the same string. Making a string that has 2 ends, both the magnet has the north pointing up
    The attractive force is the gravity and the centrifugal force is just the magnets propelling each other.
    Then give it a spin

  • @G0RSHK0V
    @G0RSHK0V 3 роки тому +1

    Centrifugal force isn't actually force, it is inertia force,
    so actually you have only centripetal acceleration, but people decided to use imaginary centrifugal force for non-inertial reference frames for convenience

  • @freezegovan
    @freezegovan 3 роки тому

    This low-key my favorite channel on UA-cam

  • @Nicocot12onyt
    @Nicocot12onyt 11 місяців тому +2

    He made vsauce’s thing

  • @Astrophysics__
    @Astrophysics__ 3 роки тому +1

    Centrifugal force: I push things :Me: *Spins with my arms staying still* :Also me: *My powers are beyond you're understanding*

    • @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC
      @LARRYSEIPRODUCTSLLC 3 роки тому

      Q: What if there was an exterior magnet the balanced the g force rotation around center magnet? 😁 Also my opinion on gravity is that exterior of planet earth is the condensed pressure on to earth pushing objects down that are not closest to its properties (likes attract) oil and water separate and decide position from great amount of mass of surround bring. Is this possible? Please explain. Thanks