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Author: GalenGalen Date: Mar 29, 2008 15:35
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:17:38 -0400, Phillip Thorne
comcast.net> wrote:
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>(1) Iscandar and Gamilon from "Star Blazers" -- they appear to share a
>common atmosphere. Would they, therefore, *not* be in outer space
>relative to each other? (And if they aren't now, as soon as that
>common atmosphere induces tidal drag and causes the two bodies to
>collide, they won't be.)
Tidal drag is a gravitational effect that has nothing
to do with air - except when the air is massive enough
to be generating gravity.
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