On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> At 04:58 PM 7/3/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> >Darryl Shannon wrote:
> > >
> > > Alberto, help me out here!
> > >
> >I feel very tempted to just say "Amen". But I will just find
> >one nit to pick:
> >
> > >Orbits are always
> > >parabolic, hyperbolic, or elliptical (with circular being an elliptical
> > >orbit with zero eccentricity).
> > >
> >This is valid for the two-body problem [two bodies orbiting each
> >other, only subject to their mutual gravity]; in the real case, however,
> >there are other forces [non-gravitational, oblateness, other bodies]
> >that make the "classical" two-body orbit an approximation.
>
>
> I thought a "two-body problem" was the cleanup task facing a double
> murderer . . .
Friends help you move.
Real friends help you move bodies.
Julia
who suddenly has the urge to watch "Grosse Pointe Blank" again
