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Re: [Phys-l] Fun orbital problem

At 12:07 PM 1/4/2008, Ludwik, you wrote:

...After about one T (period for each
star) the satellite started approaching the nearest star. Then it
started orbiting around it. But this also did not last too long. It
less than 2*T it hit the small circle representing the star which was
initially far away from it.
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Ludwik Kowalski, a retired physicist


Hitting is not an interaction possible in the universe of which these
particles form a thought experiment. Hitting is electromagnetic....
Passing though, possibly?



Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!