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Feb 01, 1998
Falling and orbiting
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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)
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- 122-125
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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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