Falling Toast Roation About Center of Mass

Tracker Experiment

Falling Toast Roation About Center of Mass

The rotation of the toast end points relative to the Center of Mass is displayed. The experiment clearly shows that the toast makes a half turn during its falling trajectory so that it arrives upside down to the floor.

Author: Juan Alberto Cano Díez, Jimena Fernández del Valle, Alba Fernández Vázquez, Sergio García Pajares, Héctor Bolaños Chamorro, Maria Velez (teacher)

Contact: mvelez@uniovi.es