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To: prophetic

if it has a wobble because of not being deployed correctly, such as it’s solar panels only being slightly opened and uneven on each side, and with no rotation to keep it centered around it’s normal mass, then it’s inertia would cause it to wobble and throw off it’s orbit slightly each revolution that has a wobble.


22 posted on 02/08/2008 4:10:32 PM PST by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: RaceBannon

Solar wind would push it unevenly, but the thing is fairly heavy so the effect wouldn’t amount to much.


34 posted on 02/08/2008 4:35:45 PM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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