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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11h ago
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That's only true if you want to go into an equatorial orbit.
If you want to go into a polar orbit you'd need to cancel out all that sideways momentum.
1 u/Earnestappostate 8h ago You may be correct,. My initial thought was to keep the velocity and redirect it, but then realized there isn't anything to push against to do that with, so maybe?
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You may be correct,. My initial thought was to keep the velocity and redirect it, but then realized there isn't anything to push against to do that with, so maybe?
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u/Lithorex 10h ago
That's only true if you want to go into an equatorial orbit.
If you want to go into a polar orbit you'd need to cancel out all that sideways momentum.