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Originally Posted by publius
Here is a nice orbital plot of the "temporary capture" of that old S-IVB:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/j002e3/j002e3c.gif
This the motion of the object relative to the earth-moon system. Note that it came in near the L1 point, circled around several times then went back out. This motion is entirely in agreement with laws of physics that apply to orbital mechanics.
Yes, something can "circle" both the earth and moon, but the orbits are very complex, not the simple modified 1-body problems of elementary mechanics.
-Richard |
Thanks Publius,
nice animation but is this real? I noticed that the object (named Joo23) in the animation did not come from Earth but from outer space. Now, I won't claim that this is an UFO, but it be interesting to learn why the object zig-zagged around whereas moon remained on its way.
BenGun