Tug of war

Tug of war (also known as war of tug, tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

Terminology

The Oxford English Dictionary says that the phrase "tug of war" originally meant "the decisive contest; the real struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy". Only in the 19th century was it used as a term for an athletic contest between two teams who haul at the opposite ends of a rope.

Origins

The origins of tug of war are uncertain, but this sport was practised in ancient Egypt, Greece and China, where it was held in legend that the Sun and Moon played Tug of War over the light and darkness.

According to a Tang dynasty book, The Notes of Feng, tug of war, under the name "hook pulling" (牽鉤), was used by the military commander of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period (8th century BC to 5th century BC) to train warriors. During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang promoted large-scale tug of war games, using ropes of up to 167 metres (548 ft) with shorter ropes attached, and more than 500 people on each end of the rope. Each side also had its own team of drummers to encourage the participants.

Tug of war (astronomy)

The tug of war in astronomy is the ratio of planetary and solar attractions on a natural satellite. The term was coined by Isaac Asimov in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1963.

Law of universal gravitation

According to Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation

In this equation

The two main attraction forces on a satellite are the attraction of the Sun and the satellite's primary (the planet the satellite orbits). Therefore, the two forces are

where the subscripts p and s represent the primary and the sun respectively, and m is the mass of the satellite.

The ratio of the two is

Example

Callisto is a satellite of Jupiter. The parameters in the equation are

  • Callisto–Jupiter distance (dp) is 1.883 · 106 km.
  • Mass of Jupiter (Mp) is 1.9 · 1027 kg
  • Jupiter–Sun distance (i.e. mean distance of Callisto from the Sun, ds) is 778.3 · 106 km.
  • The solar mass (Ms) is 1.989 · 1030 kg
  • The table of planets

    Asimov lists tug-of-war ratio for 32 satellites (then known in 1963) of the Solar System. The list below shows one example from each planet.

    Tug of war (disambiguation)

    Tug of war is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength and stamina.

    Tug of war may also refer to:

    Film and television

  • Tug of War (film), a film by British film director Scott Mann
  • "Tug of War" (Upstairs, Downstairs), a 1974 episode of the television series Upstairs, Downstairs
  • "Tug-o-War", an athletic event in the television series American Gladiators
  • Astronomy

  • Tug-of-war value, an informal value in astronomy originally suggested by author Isaac Asimov
  • Tug of war (astronomy), the ratio of planetary and solar attractions on a natural satellite
  • Music

    Albums

  • Tug of War (Carly Rae Jepsen album), 2008
  • Tug of War (Colton Ford album), 2008
  • Tug of War (Enchant album), 2003
  • Tug of War (Paul McCartney album), 1982
  • Songs

  • "Tug of War" (Carly Rae Jepsen song)
  • "Tug of War" (Paul McCartney song)
  • "Tug of War", a song by Algebra from her album Purpose (2008)
  • "Tug of War", a song by Ratt from the 1999 album Ratt
  • "Tug-O-War", a song by Chevelle from their 2004 album This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Tug Of War

    by: Paul McCartney

    It's a tug of war
    What with one thing and another
    It's a tug of war
    We expected more
    But with one thing and another
    We were trying to outdo each other
    In the tug of war
    In another world
    In another world we could stand on top of the mountain
    With our flag unfurled
    In a time to come
    In a time to come we will be dancing to the beat
    Played on a different drum
    It's a tug of war
    Though I know I mustn't grumble
    It's a tug of war
    But I can't let go
    If I do, you'll take a tumble
    And the whole thing is going to crumble
    It's a tug of war
    (Pushing, pushing, pulling puliing)
    (Pushing, pulling)
    In years to come they may discover
    What the air we breathe and the life we lead
    Are all about
    But it won't be soon enough (it won't be soon enough for me)
    Soon enough for me
    No it won't be soon enough (it won't be soon enough for me)
    Soon enough for me
    In another world we could stand on top of the mountain
    With our flag unfurled
    In a time to come we will be dancing to the beat
    Played on a different drum
    We will be dancing to the beat
    Played on a different drum
    We will be dancing to the beat
    Played on a different drum
    It's a tug of war
    (A tug of war, a tug of war)
    What with one thing and another
    It's a tug of war
    We expected more
    But with one thing and another
    We were trying to outscore each other
    In a tug of war
    (Pushing, pushing, pulling puliing)




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