1. Falling and orbiting
- Author
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Maurice Bruce Stewart
- Subjects
Rest (physics) ,Physics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Astrophysics ,Nonlinear differential equations ,Celestial mechanics ,Education ,Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter ,Gravitation ,Orbital motion ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Center of mass ,Circular orbit ,Falling (sensation) - Abstract
Two particles in circular orbits around their mutual center of mass, if arrested in their orbital motion and falling from rest, will come together in a time equal to 1/(42) of the period of their former revolution.
- Published
- 1998
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