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From: al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Re: Getting stuck in the middle of space
Message-ID: <349@aurora.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-May-85 14:20:12 EDT
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> 
> Getting stuck "motionless" in vacuum is another matter.  But
> if one got stuck there by pushing another mass away, won't
> the astronaut and the mass meet again in one orbit?

Not if the force is along the velocity vector, at least.  If you
push away a mass along the velocity vector one object will go
into a higher orbit and the other into a lower orbit.  If the
force is not along the velocity vector things get complex.