Re: Um, eh? (Orbital Mechanics for Dummies)

>From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de (K.H.Ranitzsch)

>No object in a vacuum will spiral down to the planet. All orbits are
>elliptical. It's only if the orbits meets enough athmospheric drag to
>appreciably slow down the missile that it will spiral down.

Or intentional deceleration.

2B^2

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