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0 pointsdreamcompiler5y ago0 comments

Yep. Orbits are always conic sections. Which sometimes inconveniently intersect with the surface of the thing being orbited.

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More precisely, 2-body orbits are always conic sections. Once you add more bodies, orbits usually become chaotic.

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