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To: r9etb

Coincidence?

If an object typically has an elliptical orbit of some random eccentricity, sometimes the major and minor axes just work out to be nearly equal.

Wake me when we see a statistical distribution.


39 posted on 12/21/2005 3:33:45 PM PST by Netheron
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To: Netheron
If an object typically has an elliptical orbit of some random eccentricity, sometimes the major and minor axes just work out to be nearly equal.

Huh?

The problem is not one of "randomness," it's one of orbital mechanics.

41 posted on 12/21/2005 4:42:12 PM PST by r9etb
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