Orbiters (VIDEO)

American Institute of Physics

Caption

A pair of walking droplets lock into orbits through the influence of their common wave field. The video is strobed at the bouncing frequency, so the drops appear to glide across the surface.

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Dan Harris and John Bush/MIT

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