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David Seaver @davidseaver.bsky.social

Sorta. Over a fixed spot on earth in an equatorial orbit, and moving at the correct speed. The version we calculated as undergrads stops there. Real-world gets a bit messier, since the Earth's gravitational field is nonuniform and there's that pesky Moon, so the Earth orbits a barycenter, and...

aug 10, 2025, 10:55 pm • 3 0

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Tin Foil Awards @tinfoilawards.bsky.social

*shakes fist* Curse you, three-body problem!

aug 10, 2025, 11:05 pm • 5 0 • view