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Old January 9th, 2004, 11:56 PM

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Default Re: OT: Earth\'s orbit changing?

In case you want the details:

period = t
circumference = L
speed = velocity = v

t^2 = d^3
L = 2(Pi)d
vt = L

Therefore vd^(3/2) = 2(Pi)d yielding v = 2(Pi)/d^(1/2) or speed equals twice pi divided by the square root of distance.

[ January 09, 2004, 21:58: Message edited by: Lexicon ]
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