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Re: Newton not entirely right

Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Date	2015-09-28 18:32 -0700
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Subject	Re: Newton not entirely right
From	Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>

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On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 12:09:54 AM UTC+8, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> On 9/28/2015 1:26 AM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> >
> > Newton's law of universal gravitation is incomplete. It considers gravity a force of attraction
> > but it does not account for celestial bodies that cannot complete the descent to their primary.
> 
> Orbiting bodies would not follow ellipses if they weren't attracted. 
> They would travel in straight lines. Attraction doesn't require that the 
> two bodies end up in contact. What makes you think they would?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

It would be nice if there was a precise explanation and formula at what point
a descent changes into an ellipse instead of an impact and how bodies of different mass acquire the different velocities required to keep them at different distances from the sun.

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Newton not entirely right Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-27 23:26 -0700
  Re: Newton not entirely right Dirk Van de moortel <dirkvandemoortel@hotspam.not> - 2015-09-28 16:00 +0200
    Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-28 11:49 -0400
      Re: Newton not entirely right mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2015-09-29 01:13 -0700
        Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-29 14:48 -0400
          Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 13:19 -0700
            Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-29 16:56 -0400
              Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 14:06 -0700
                Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-29 17:43 -0400
                Re: Newton not entirely right Kent Beeler <kenbee@jefffast.au> - 2015-09-29 21:59 +0000
                Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 15:39 -0700
                Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-29 19:44 -0400
                Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 19:37 -0700
                Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-30 00:27 -0400
                Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 21:42 -0700
                Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-30 02:57 -0400
                Re: Newton not entirely right pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 21:44 -0700
                Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-30 02:58 -0400
                Re: Newton not entirely right Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 07:56 -0500
                Re: Newton not entirely right Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 07:32 -0500
          Re: Newton not entirely right mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2015-09-29 22:45 -0700
  Re: Newton not entirely right Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 11:09 -0500
    Re: Newton not entirely right Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-28 18:32 -0700
      Re: Newton not entirely right kefischer <emoneyjoe@iglou.com> - 2015-09-28 21:57 -0400
        Re: Newton not entirely right Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-28 19:39 -0700
          Re: Newton not entirely right Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-28 20:10 -0700
      Re: Newton not entirely right Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 07:07 +0200
        Re: Newton not entirely right Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-28 22:51 -0700
          Re: Newton not entirely right Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 08:20 +0200
      Re: Newton not entirely right Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-09-29 16:32 +1000
      Re: Newton not entirely right Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2015-09-29 09:51 +0200
      Re: Newton not entirely right Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 07:38 -0500

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