Terra, Luna, Cruithne; Are there others ?

[pcd2k]

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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[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

[Thor]

Just watched the mpg, and WOAH.

How do they keep missing each other?

[thed]

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.

[Thor]

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

[chroot]

Thor,

Try thinking in three dimensions, not just two.

- Warren

[Thor]

awww three dimensions take away the wander :(