On 26/01/2018 17:02, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 20/01/2018 à 17:09, Kenneth a écrit :
>> So it follows that the
>> Space shuttle and the apple-- in the same orbit-- are going at the same speed or
>> velocity. (If their speeds were different, one would head further off into
>> space-- attaining a higher orbit, or maybe a more eccentric one?)
> 
> Which remind me of a curiosity: if the apple goes faster, it goes
> higher... and performs then less revolutions than the station.
> 
> When you're a satellite, if you want to move ahead of another one, you
> need to SLOW to be able to jump from behind to the front.
> 

I wish someone had told the Star Wars makers, that fact.

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Regards
     Stephen

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