Please explain, for those of us without the book at hand. -----Original Message----- From: Russell Eberst [mailto:eberst@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 2:45 To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: Somewhat OT Interesting Question in a survey Paul Grace wrote: ...and as it continued to fall toward the south pole it would slow, until it reached zero speed at the earth's surface at the south pole,... It would actually still have sufficient velocity at the surface to reach around 45 metres above the surface, before starting its return journey. see "Observing Earth Satellites" by Desmond King-Hele, page 149. regards, Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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