Thread: If 1/2 the Earth dissappeared what would happen to the Earth / Sun orbit?
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Old 08-01-2007, 01:02 AM
Shawn
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eventually it sure would, but in the interim the centre of mass has changed by a few tens of miles to a thousand miles. depending on what bit dissapeared. the string length has changed.

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