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IP: NASA environmental destruction [for a snowy cold day djf]
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:39:46 -0500
from http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo Galileo Amazing Fact of the Day Galileo's planetary flybys have allowed the spacecraft to speed up, at the expense of the planet slowing down slightly. How much were Venus and the Earth slowed by Galileo's gravity assists? In a billion years, Venus will be 1.6 inches behind where it would have been in its orbital path if Galileo hadn't interfered. The Earth will be 5.2 inches behind (a 2.9 inch lag from the first Earth gravity assist, and the other 2.3 inches from the second assist). ________________________________________________________________________ No doubt this will eventually cause Earth and Venus to fly out of the Solar System.
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