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Physics Puzzle
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 16, 2020 at 11:12 am
(July 16, 2020 at 10:11 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(July 16, 2020 at 10:05 am)onlinebiker Wrote: No.

In the event that it doesn't burn, I would predict that it would appear to get caught in the Earth's spin until hitting the ground. Like throwing a stick in a river.
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 16, 2020 at 8:35 pm
I imagine it would look like it was moving straight down until it met atmospheric resistance and slowed.
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 16, 2020 at 8:47 pm (This post was last modified: July 16, 2020 at 8:49 pm by Fireball.)
PolyMath257 has it right. What literature have you read that contradicts that? This is basic orbital mechanics.
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:10 am
(July 16, 2020 at 8:47 pm)Fireball Wrote: PolyMath257 has it right. What literature have you read that contradicts that? This is basic orbital mechanics.

But incomplete.
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:14 am
(July 16, 2020 at 7:42 am)onlinebiker Wrote: You are an astronaut on the International Space Station. You are making an EVA in order to change a battery. When you finish up - you decide to be a litterbug and give the old battery a careful shove z straight "down" - that is - towards the planet's center mass.

What will be the path of the batteity - in relation to your point of view?

I don't see how shoving the battery will have any relation to the path of the batteity.




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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:17 am
(July 17, 2020 at 7:14 am)Little lunch Wrote:
(July 16, 2020 at 7:42 am)onlinebiker Wrote: You are an astronaut on the International Space Station. You are making an EVA in order to change a battery. When you finish up - you decide to be a litterbug and give the old battery a careful shove z straight "down" - that is - towards the planet's center mass.

What will be the path of the batteity - in relation to your point of view?

I don't see how shoving the battery will have any relation to the path of the batteity.

You try doing this shit with 3 XL callused fingers on a cellphone keyboard without spellcheck.....

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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:22 am
To throw it downwards, you would have to throw it incredibly fast, for it to enter the atmosphere.

It would be much better to throw it backwards, but you would still need to throw it over 100 m/s to change its orbit enough for it to enter the atmosphere.
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:34 am
(July 17, 2020 at 7:17 am)onlinebiker Wrote:
(July 17, 2020 at 7:14 am)Little lunch Wrote: I don't see how shoving the battery will have any relation to the path of the batteity.

You try doing this shit with 3 XL callused fingers on a cellphone keyboard without spellcheck.....

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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 7:52 am
(July 17, 2020 at 7:10 am)onlinebiker Wrote:
(July 16, 2020 at 8:47 pm)Fireball Wrote: PolyMath257 has it right. What literature have you read that contradicts that? This is basic orbital mechanics.

But incomplete.

Do you want a more detailed description of the closed curve?
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RE: Physics Puzzle
July 17, 2020 at 8:34 am
Oh well...

So it's stuck up there forever, huh?
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