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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by gus_massa on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:07PM (#47651458)
> will generally have different starting positions of their center of gravity but the same starting velocity

That are the tidal forces, they are quite small for a system of the size of Orion.

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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by echoangle on Sunday April 05, 2026 @01:26PM (#47651694)
Right, I was talking technically. That’s what I tried to say in the second paragraph.
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