Airship Rotating Earth: Can it be Done?

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An airship cannot rotate the Earth without power, as it would need to maintain a specific orbit. If the airship is powered and can make flight path corrections, it could theoretically influence its orbit's shape within physical limits. The discussion includes complex equations related to mechanical and kinetic energy, but the initial premise focuses on the airship's ability to affect Earth's rotation. The conversation also touches on the implications of elliptical versus circular orbits. Overall, the feasibility of an airship rotating the Earth remains highly speculative and constrained by physical laws.
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Can an airship rotate the Earth and the Earth is not in eliptical orbit's focus ?(can be in center?)
 
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menager31 said:
Can an airship rotate the Earth and the Earth is not in eliptical orbit's focus ?(can be in center?)

If the airship is not powered, no, with the exception that a circular orbit will have the Earth at the center.

If the airship has some power to make flight path corrections, it could do anything it wants as far as the shape of the orbit, within physical limits.
 
ok so, I read that mechanical energy(E): E=-MmG/R
R=(a+b)/2
a-semi-major axis
b-semi-minor axis
,of course kinetical Ek=mv^2/2
m-spaceship weight
Ep=-mMG/r
v^2/2-MG/r=-2MG/(a+b)
and
a-sqrt(a^2-b^2)=<r=<a+sqrt(a^2-b^2)
and v^2 for some r is less than 0
M>>m
 
any comments?
 
no,no delete this i made an error
 
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