Jonathan T Wojack wrote: > I recall reading that objects of a low mass -to- RCS value will delay > less rapidly, than those of a high value (IOW, more mass, faster decay). Dear Jonathan, You have it just backwards... A 1cm cube has an frontal area of 1 square cm and a mass of 1 unit, A 10cm cube has an area of 100 square cm, but a MASS of 1000 units, So it will have more momentum to overcome friction with the atmosphere, hence will decay much more slowly... Hope this is helpful. -- Tom Troszak, Asheville, NC, USA 35.601 N, -82.554 W mailto:tom@bullhammer.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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