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To: allmost

The bulk of the fragments would start going higher up, wouldn’t it?


15 posted on 02/11/2009 9:19:59 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

It depends on how they collided. Where their centers of gravity were relative to each other. Which parts stayed intact. Too many variables, too little information.


16 posted on 02/11/2009 9:24:05 PM PST by allmost
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

In a relative equilibrium state, it takes very little force to affect the orbit.


17 posted on 02/11/2009 9:25:37 PM PST by allmost
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