largely I'm dumbstuck by the absolutely magnificient orbit
of cruithne

the way Cruithne weaves between Luna and Terra

http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~wiegert/3753/mpegs/rot6.mpg

I mean just how many spheriod objects
outthere in the universe have
such an unbelievble orbital pathway
its like I'm looking at a kind of a Quantum Dynamic of Fluid mechanics
or like something I've never before obseved
and it leads me into a kinda poetic trance state

the orbital behaviour of Cruithne makes me ponder
of other planetry bodies pathways
on how they may weave thru/via spatio-temporality


a friend of mine is already working at including it
in his website

http://www.physci.org/1/model/default.html



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What amazes me even more is the orbital path of Pluto and how it doesn't collide with Neptune. I'm dumbfounded by it

Just watched the mpg, and WOAH.

How do they keep missing each other?

Originally posted by Thor
What amazes me even more is the orbital path of Pluto and how it doesn't collide with Neptune. I'm dumbfounded by it

They are separated by a good million miles. From http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp, Pluto has an orbit of 5,913,520,000 km and Neptune 4,504,000,000 km. They can never hit each other, despite the lousy 2 Dimensional renderings of their orbits.

But twice in every Pluto orbit, Pluto is NOT the farthest planet from the sun, Neptune becomes the farthest one

Theres always the chance that these two could hit

Thor,

Try thinking in three dimensions, not just two.

- Warren

awww three dimensions take away the wander :(