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GGTOM replied to the thread High School Long rod in orbit.So what it will do, ultimately?
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GVelocities are a distraction. That's just initial conditions. You want to focus on dynamics. The only force acting here is gravity...
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GGTOM replied to the thread High School Long rod in orbit.And what makes that stabile? At the end farer from planet, bigger speed than lower end, but weaker gravity field. Wouldnt that rotate...
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GGTOM replied to the thread High School Long rod in orbit.And what makes that stabile? At the end farer from planet, bigger speed than lower end, but weaker gravity field. Wouldnt that rotate...
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GAs a casual amateur, here are my two cents. Consider some extreme cases: 1) If the rod has the exact curvature of a circular orbit...
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GLets suppose we could place a long rod in orbit, at the distance of Moon. Which would be the stabile position of the rod, perdendicular...
