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by Tallahassee Bob
Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:30 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Orbital mechanics
Replies: 6
Views: 342

Re: Orbital mechanics

Thanks to all!

Bob
by Tallahassee Bob
Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:49 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Orbital mechanics
Replies: 6
Views: 342

Re: Orbital mechanics

So, is there a calculable terminal diameter of moon orbit when the moon eventually rotates in geo-synchrony with the Earth and no longer appears to move in the sky?
by Tallahassee Bob
Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:34 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Orbital mechanics
Replies: 6
Views: 342

Orbital mechanics

After 75 years, this question has just now occurred to me......why are moon orbits stable for millions or even billions of years? Doesn't this require that the orbital velocity be exactly correct forever? Or does the diameter of the orbit somehow adjust automatically to the velocity of the object? I...