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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How does a gravitational sling shot accelerate a space probe?
« on: 12/11/2008 02:03:37 »
This new force is a force accompanying Gravity. Vorticity can explain many phenomenons such as Sun’s and Earth’s oblateness, planets’ precession(Earth, Venus, Mercury), Lense-Thirring effect, Pioneers 10 & 11 deceleration, Earth’s rotation deceleration(0.0016sec per hundred year), Moon’s orbit change, solar system’s angular momentum transfer, and planets’ rings and satellites formation. A formula derived from Vorticity can well explain polar orbiting satellites’ precession: Ft=KGqMmωcosθ/R^2 (q=1-ωp/ωe, ωp=satellite orbital revolution velocity, ωe=Earth spinning velocity).
"gravity assist" maybe vortex force.
"gravity assist" maybe vortex force.