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Re: The rest of my responses
Posted By: Forrest (cache1.avtel.net)
Date: 3/31/2000 at 1:34 a.m.
In Response To: Re: The rest of my responses (SiliconDream =PN=)
: Um...I dunno if you've looked up recently, but the
: apparently-stationary stuff like stars and planets
: *do* move across the sky, once every 24 hours. The
: world turns, remember? :-) In order to stay in one
: region of the sky permanently, the comet would have to
: approach in some weird (and impossible, without
: artificial aid) spiral orbit centered on the
: Mythworld, so that it swings around the world at the
: same angular rate as the world spins. Assuming
: real-world celestial mechanics applies, of course.
Hrm! Only comet I've ever seen was Hale-Bopp, and IIRC I never saw it anywhere but near the western horizon. MB just my faulty memory though.
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