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To: neverknwo

my personal theory for ending this debate goes like this....

geostationary satellites are waaay up there at about 25k miles, where they are not subject to "gravity".

If an alignment such as this would alter the (magnetic?) forces upon the earth, it seems that the sats orbits would become higher or lower BEFORE (since their mass is so miniscule, comparatively) anything would happen to the earths crust.

So a reasonable question would be "are GEO's orbits raised or lowered when these alignments occur?"

Do you know the answer or a well-founded argument to the theory/question?


17 posted on 01/09/2005 6:12:27 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

geostationary satellites are waaay up there at about 25k miles, where they are not subject to "gravity".


I hate to break this to you but they are affected by gravity. That's why they stay in one place continuously. The Earth's gravity holds them there at that particular distance.


18 posted on 01/09/2005 6:17:07 PM PST by Arkie2
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