An electrical charge is created when electrons are transferred to or removed from an object. Because electrons have a negative charge, when they are added to an object, it becomes negatively charged. When electrons are removed from an object, it becomes positively charged.
Nicholas Copernicus correctly assumed that the planets revolved around the sun but he incorrectly assumed that the planets followed a perfect circle orbit around the sun. It was later on discovered by Johannes Kepler that the planets moved around the sun following an elliptical orbit.
the amount of charge stored per volt
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how much fuel to hover over one place ?
The Foucault pendulum is a v v v long pendulum which can show the eart's rotation over time if the pend bob motion is tracked and recorded
