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celestial mechanics n (Astronomy) the study of the motion of celestial bodies under the influence of gravitational fields
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This fictitious dialog seeks to open the investigation of the history of celestial mechanics by allowing seminal historic participants to discuss their ideas with others who may have predated or postdated them by a millennium or more. If the laws of celestial mechanics make it possible for an object to stay fixed in the sky, might it not be possible to lower a cable down to the surface and so establish an elevator system linking earth to space? ``It has to do with celestial mechanics where the earth is in its orbit, where the moon is in its monthly cycle around the earth and where we are in relation to the sun,'' he said. |
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