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by stonse
Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:43 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jupiter Moon Movie (APOD 29 Mar 2007)
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Jupiter movie looks odd (APOD 29 Mar 2007)

This movie of Jupiter looks a little odd: 1) The moons are not orbiting in great circles aroud the planet; bodies in orbit should not do that when they go around a spherical mass. (Around a cylindrical mass dressed up to look like a sphere, maybe.) They are orbiting in lesser circles at higher latit...