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18 May 2024 12:19:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: GRAVITY the movie-- some observations  
From: clipka
Date: 20 Jan 2018 05:35:14
Message: <5a631b62$1@news.povray.org>
Am 20.01.2018 um 01:52 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>> Wouldn't that debris naturally be in some different orbit, because of
>> its different speed?
> 
> It depends on the mass.  Two equal masses [w][c]ould occupy the same orbit.

No, the only mass the orbit depends on is the celestial body the objects
orbit around.

(At least as long as atmospheric drag is not a relevant factor.)


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