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Thanks for posting that, interesting to say the least.
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I just saw this in the Astronomy News, as well. Thanks for posting this, Eric!

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Very interesting stuff. I enjoyed that orbit animation.

At first I watched it and thought "How long before the moon interacts?" and sure enough!

I guess all that time spent playing Kerbil space program was not wasted after all :lol:
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Very interesting - thank you.
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UlteriorModem wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 2:12 pm Very interesting stuff. I enjoyed that orbit animation.

At first I watched it and thought "How long before the moon interacts?" and sure enough!

I guess all that time spent playing Kerbil space program was not wasted after all :lol:
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