rock in a pond

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1 total messages Started by Robert Heckendorn Mon, 10 Nov 1986 18:33

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Author: Robert Heckendorn
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1986 18:33

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I am not a physicist.  I was pondering this question and don't know the answer.
If one lets a ball drop it bounces.  Its frequency slowly increasing as the
ball looses energy.  If one tosses a rock into a pond, at the point of
impact the water oscillates up and down.  I assume also at increasing frequency
and decreasing amplitude, yes?  And now for the real question.  If this is so
then I assume that the waves spreading out from the point of impact are at
decreasing distance.  Is this so?  Also, what determines the speed of the waves?
I am real tempted to get a rock, toss it in to a pond, take a picture 
and measure the results.

			-Robert Heckendorn
			hplabs!hpfcla!robert

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