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> slingshot around the sun You can only slingshot around the sun if you were already in a hyperbolic orbit w.r.t the sun. An object in a closed helio centric o
by DarmokJalad1701 6y ago
> slingshot around the sun
You can only slingshot around the sun if you were already in a hyperbolic orbit w.r.t the sun. An object in a closed helio centric orbit cannot gain any momentum by "slingshotting" around the sun.
- monadic2 6y agoIt can if it loses mass, correct? Energy conservation would result in increased momentum.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoYes. Your mass in low Sol orbit has a much higher specific orbital energy, so thrusting a rocket or ejecting mass while at or near perihelion makes more of a difference than doing so in deep space.
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