In an eccentric orbit, the line of apsides (an imaginary line that runs through the major axis) rotates in the direction of travel for the satellite, particularly when the orbit is of low inclination (due to the equatorial bulge of the Earth). The rotation reverses when the angle of inclination exceeds 63.4d. My question is - why is this so? I can't figure it out. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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