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> Part of this is gravity (needing to move up the gravity well) but more important are speed (you need to go really fast to stay in orbit) Technically speaking
by vlasev 9y ago
> Part of this is gravity (needing to move up the gravity well) but more important are speed (you need to go really fast to stay in orbit)
Technically speaking, the speed requirement is due to gravity as well.