Re: shuttle orbit

"Thomas Mickleman" <TM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Ioannis" <morpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Florian" <star6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wouldn't it be easier if you wrapped the string normally around the toy
globe
and then, rotated the globe and saw what happened at a single projected
point?


I tried taking a globe and a pen and went around it like the shuttle
would
and it still doesn't make sense.

Who are you replying to? Florian didn't write what you quoted. I did.


Well then, can you answer my question?

Take a small globe and wrap around it a string forming a full circle on a
plane different than the globe's equator. Dip the string in ink prior to
wrapping it against the sphere. Then roll the sphere with the inked string
against a piece of paper by keeping the sphere's north-south axis parallel to
the paper surface, as you roll.

The ink mark on the paper will be similar to a sine wave after a couple of
full revolutions.
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Ioannis
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The best way to predict reality, is to know exactly what you DON'T want.

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