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[email protected] (Rob Unverzagt) writes: |
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>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Ron Baalke) writes: |
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>> According the IAU Circular #5744, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1993e, may be |
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>> temporarily in orbit around Jupiter. The comet had apparently made a |
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>> close flyby of Jupiter sometime in 1992 resulting in the breakup of the |
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>> comet. Attempts to determine the comet's orbit has been complicated by |
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>> the near impossibility of measuring the comet's center of mass. |
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>Am I missing something -- what does knowing the comet's center |
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>of mass do for you in orbit determination? |
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>Shag |
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I'm not sure, but it almost sounds like they can't figure out where the |
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_nucleus_ is within the coma. If they're off by a couple hundred |
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miles, well, you can imagine the rest... |
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Phil Fraering |"Seems like every day we find out all sorts of stuff. |
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[email protected]|Like how the ancient Mayans had televison." Repo Man |
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