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mios76
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Hello.
"Another notable thing is that Pioneer 10 used the gravitational catapulting effect of Jupiter. That was the first time that was ever done for interplanetary light. Pioneer 11 followed in its footsteps about seven years later to go out of the solar system."
That text was taken from:
http://quest.nasa.gov/sso/cool/pioneer10/general/amonetxt.html
Can anyone explain how such a GRAVITATIONAL CATAPULT works?
Thanks.
Miro
"Another notable thing is that Pioneer 10 used the gravitational catapulting effect of Jupiter. That was the first time that was ever done for interplanetary light. Pioneer 11 followed in its footsteps about seven years later to go out of the solar system."
That text was taken from:
http://quest.nasa.gov/sso/cool/pioneer10/general/amonetxt.html
Can anyone explain how such a GRAVITATIONAL CATAPULT works?
Thanks.
Miro
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