Hello, > No. > the line-of-nodes is a line defined in inertial space, connecting > the > points where the orbit crosses the earth's equatorial plane. That is what I meant. > This is not correct. > The bulge of the earth causes the orbital plane of the satellite > to rotate in inertial space, similar to the precession of a spinning > top. > This effect does *not* reffer to the longitude of the crossing of > earth's > equator Won't this spinning of the orbital plane affect the longitude of the line-of-nodes? >and has nothing to do with the orbital period of the > satellite. I know. I know I didn't say it clearly enough, but I do realize that. ------------------------------ 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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