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Horeshoe Orbit?? I don't think a horseshoe orbit is allowed by Kepler's orbital motion laws. Any physicsts out there?

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6 posted on 10/21/2002 2:48:55 PM PDT by dd5339
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To: dd5339
Horeshoe Orbit?? I don't think a horseshoe orbit is allowed by Kepler's orbital motion laws. Any physicsts out there?

"Horseshoe" relative to Earth. It's actually always moving the same direction around the sun. Think of the "horseshoe" as an extreme example of Ptolomaic epicycles.

22 posted on 10/21/2002 8:17:43 PM PDT by Salman
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