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If the two objects were either perfect spheres or tidally locked, then a circular orbit would continue forever. There are no losses due to pure motion in a vacu
by garmaine 8y ago
If the two objects were either perfect spheres or tidally locked, then a circular orbit would continue forever. There are no losses due to pure motion in a vacuum.
- Arbalest 8y agoI thought the theme of my reply is that we're not talking about theoretical constructs, but instead reality... Space is not a vacuum, just much lower pressure than on earth.