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To: BenLurkin

do these jets affect the trajectory of the comet at all...


8 posted on 08/11/2015 12:47:04 PM PDT by GeronL (Cruz is for real, 100%)
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To: GeronL

I don’t know but this thing is moving real fast and it’s a pretty good size. Would maybe take a bigger push?


12 posted on 08/11/2015 12:54:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: GeronL
do these jets affect the trajectory of the comet at all...

Yes.

F=ma

BUT ... not much mass in those jets, so not much force.

18 posted on 08/11/2015 1:32:01 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: GeronL

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, so yes, they do.

Not only will the comet be pushed in the opposite direction of the outgassing (slightly), but the comet is losing a small amount of mass, which must also affect its orbit, as the orbit is a function of gravity, based on mass.


19 posted on 08/11/2015 2:38:38 PM PDT by Boogieman
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