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whttevrr

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2. I just hope we are at the righmost apogee*

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 10:57 AM

Nov 2013

When a body is at apogee, it is also at its minimal orbital velocity. If you view an orbit as similar to a pendulum, this becomes easy to visualize. As the object goes away from the center of orbit, its velocity slows until it reaches apogee and reverses its course.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-apogee.htm

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Nicely said. k&r n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #1

I just hope we are at the righmost apogee* whttevrr Nov 2013 #2

Hard to say, really, but I hope so too. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #3