To: hoagy62
Why does it travel up and down in wavy lines like that?
36 posted on
09/22/2011 9:38:45 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket~!!!)
To: Mr. K
Why does it travel up and down in wavy lines like that? Look at a globe... and trace your finger where the "wavy line" shows on the map. It's a circle.
38 posted on
09/22/2011 9:41:36 AM PDT by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: Mr. K
The orbital track appears as a wavy line when projected on a flat map of the world. If you were to project it on a globe, it would appear as a straight line going around in a circle. The reason the track moves eastward over the surface of the Earth is due to the Earth’s rotation. So, if you were to graph it out on a flat map, that’s where you get the wavy line.
I hope that helps.
39 posted on
09/22/2011 9:44:48 AM PDT by
hoagy62
("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers”~Sarah Louise Palin)
To: Mr. K
"Why does it travel up and down in wavy lines like that?"A woman engineer designed the steering system
/ducking...
43 posted on
09/22/2011 9:53:25 AM PDT by
Hatteras
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