journal article Feb 01, 1998

Falling and orbiting

Abstract
Two particles in circular orbits around their mutual center of mass, if arrested in their orbital motion and falling from rest, will come together in a time equal to 1/(42) of the period of their former revolution.
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Published
Feb 01, 1998
Vol/Issue
36(2)
Pages
122-125
Cite This Article
Maurice Bruce Stewart (1998). Falling and orbiting. The Physics Teacher, 36(2), 122-125. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880011
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