deriving the mass of saturn

Using a high power telescope, we photographed the position of Saturn's moons in incremental times over a period of 3 weeks. Using various data reduction methods you can deduce the mass of saturn using basic orbital dynamics.

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muon lifetime experiment

Using high voltage photovoltaic tubes and logic gate arrays to filter data, the muon lifetime can be estimated to good precision over a period of a few days.

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millikan oil drop experiment

A repeat of the famous Millikan Oil Drop experiment which utilizes the quantum electron charge to determine its precise value.

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