Joetheone <joetheone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Another thing in common between the Pioneer and these flybys is what
you
> would call an unbound orbit around a central body," Anderson said. "For
> instance, the Pioneers are flying out of the solar system ? they're not
> bound to their central body, the sun. For the other flybys, the Earth is
the
> central body. These kinds of orbits just don't occur very often in
nature ?
> it could be when you get into an unbound orbit around a central body,
> something goes on that's not in our standard models."
Obviously the programmers of the Matrix didn't think about the possibility
of spaceflight and took a few too many shortcuts in the orbital mechanics
module.
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Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software
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