Can you throw something into orbit?

Can you throw something into orbit?

You can simply throw the object horizontally, tangential to the surface of the planet, at this velocity and the object will orbit at your height. If you wish to throw an object to a circular orbit at a height above you, this is impossible.

How much force would it take to throw a baseball around the world?

Since Force * Distance = Work, if I take the total energy and divide by the distance the result is the force. For US customary units, about 680,000 pounds or 340 tons.

How fast would you have to throw a ball to go around the Earth?

If a player could throw the ball hard enough so that it reaches the necessary velocity, the ball would go into orbit. It would never fall back to Earth. Throw it harder still, so that it reaches a speed of 11.2 km/s (40,300 km/h) – known as ‘escape velocity’ – and the ball will leave the Earth altogether.

Can you throw something around the Earth?

Yes it is, if you can throw it hard enough. Not bothering with things like air resistance etc. (I think this is the least of the plausibility problems) you need to put the spear into a low-Earth orbit, such that the centripetal force is provided by gravitational acceleration.

Can you throw something around the world?

No, you cannot throw a spear hard enough to circle the earth. The impact depth D of a wood spear of length L=2.5m (density d1 below 1000kgm3) in air (density d2 about 1.2kgm3) is about 2km (using Newton’s approximation D=Ld1d2).

What force is used when throwing a ball?

So gravity or Newton’s third law, which is acting on ball when we throw it straight upward.

Can you throw a baseball in space?

The effect of gravity does mean that the ball will drop about three feet from the height that the pitcher releases it by the time it crosses home plate. In terms of outer space, we have deduced that there is no drag force to reduce the horizontal speed of a pitched baseball.