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Re: A simple question about orbits

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From: red
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:00
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november@agate.net wrote:
>Why do the planets, and other bodies, revolve around our star in a
>relatively two-dimensional plane?  By this, I mean the orbits of the
>planets (as well as astroids, etc.) seem to form a collective flat
>disc when modeled (I know Pluto's orbit is a little bit askew).  Why
>not orbit three-dimensionally?  A lot of galaxies and everything else
>related also seem to be rather two-dimensional in shape.  Is this just
>a property of gravity that really has no explaination?
>
>I'm asking this just out of curiosity.  I'm not yet very knowledgable
>in this subject.
>
>Thanks,
>John

Well, you have the politically correct reply, or the interesting reply. 
The politically correct reply is that all the planets formed from a dust 
cloud that was spinning around the sun. If you believe that, well, . . . 
I've got this bridge for sale.;-)

The interesting reply is that we were once a binary star system until the 
Greater Human Intergalactic Civilization decided to put a colony here. 
(It was a nexis for jump gate portals.) And so they ripped apart one of 
the stars by spinning it so fast it came apart.

And then they took the core and made earth, terraforming it, and seeding 
it with life, finally with mankind.

Red

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Subject: Re: A simple question about orbits
Date: 1998/02/13
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