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To: Candor7

Can we really build something that can keep an asteroid in a stable orbit without eventually being pulled in by gravity?


4 posted on 03/29/2017 4:44:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Jonty30

Was pondering much the same. However “genius” this architect is he hasn’t comprehended much in the way of Roche limit and tidal forces.


7 posted on 03/29/2017 4:52:01 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Jonty30

The moon seems stable enough. Geosynchronous satellites that broadcast TV signals are in stable orbits. This is basically an asteroid in geosynchronous orbit, with a cable reaching to the ground. But a space tether will require something we can’t yet mass produce: carbon nanotubes. Nothing else has the tensile strength that will be needed.


8 posted on 03/29/2017 4:53:08 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Jonty30

Certainly not if the asteroid has a giant anchor dragging through our atmosphere attached to it.


23 posted on 03/29/2017 5:55:45 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Jonty30

Interaction with lunar / solar tidal force? Might bob up and down.


45 posted on 03/29/2017 12:11:04 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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