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Article #9231Re: Where to toy balloons go?
From: John A. Lawson III
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 18:53
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 18:53
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hey if you had miles of string attached to the balloon could you end up (if the ballon makes a complete orbit) with a loop of string that goes all the way around the world. This would be a fun experiment :) "The baloon is 10,000 miles away and I'm still holding on!"
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