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Things You Thought You Knew – Kicked into Orbit
Season 14 · Episode 38

Things You Thought You Knew – Kicked into Orbit

How do bikes and motorcycles stay up? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explain escape velocity, what’s going on with cricket, and the physics of bicycles.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly

June 23, 202340m 24s

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Show Notes

How do bikes and motorcycles stay up? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explain how to kick a ball into orbit, what’s going on with cricket, and the physics of bicycles. 

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