[meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares for

From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:38:31 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <747752.59318.qm_at_web50906.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Rob (from another Rob). Your explanation was
very concise and clear. Especially having just read
Ron's reply. As I told Ron, I'm going to have to spend
some time daydreaming about it to get it comfortable
in my head but I at least understand the physics now.
There was me thinking it may have something to do with
general relativity. I always doubted this because of
the low masses and velocites involved.
As for Isaac Newton, I still think he'd be grumpy
about it all. His equations are only really much good
in a 2 body situation. As I understand it, 3 bodies
are a nightmare and ultimately unpredictable, though I
don't know why, exactly.

Once again, wonderful answers to my questions. I can
go to bed now, content that I am a little smarter than
when I woke up.

Rob McC




 
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