Re: That old devil called gravity
Posted by Natalie L. Smith on Mar 19, 2002 at 20:53
(168.216.131.55)Re: That old devil called gravity (dogrock)
Unless a force applied to the moon was exactly tangential to the orbital path OR exactly perpendicular (i.e. directed exactly inward towards earth's center), then any force that would alter the moon's orbit would absolutely also alter the moon's velocity.
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