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Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by garmaine on Friday May 03, 2019 @06:02AM (#19816961)
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.
Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by Arbalest on Friday May 03, 2019 @06:43AM (#19817146)
I 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.