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WCDT 2101-2105 (January 16-20, 2012) - A New Hope
Skewbrow:
<math_teacher>
Hmm. For example, the orbit could be in Earth's equatorial plane. In that case you actually would see the same parts of Earth's surface every 90 minutes, because the spacecraft would always be above the equator.
If the plane of the orbit is at a non-zero angle with respect to the equatorial plane, then that angle also equals the maximum latitude [edit]North and South[/edit] of the locations you are gonna pass over. Akronnick is correct in pointing out that the longitudes of the most Northern point along the orbit would vary due to Earth's rotation.
</math_teacher>
idontunderstand:
In my humble opinion, I think this is a great idea as Jeph needs to experiment and fool around for a while. The arc these last weeks has, to me, had a slightly predestined feeling, like it was something he had thought out beforehand, got bored with and in the end just kind of... needed to get out of the way. I mean, it hasn't been as playful as usual. Just a feeling.
iduguphergrave:
There's hardly anything playful about two hearts breaking.
Milesb:
Not even two puppies heart's breaking?
I always thought puppies were playful.
jwhouk:
That makes it even worse.
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