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Is the process responsible for Triton's nearly perfect circular orbit going to happen in my fictional world?
First of all, I'd like to point out that I'm a worldbuilder and I like my worlds to be as physically possible as... possible.
I am in the process of building a world with a habitable moon orbiting ...
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Can the Moon provide momentum to an object in Earth's orbit? Gravity Assisted Boost [closed]
Can a satellite maintain an equatorial orbit around Earth near the Moon's orbit to receive partial gravitational boosts by gaining momentum as the satellite passes though the Moon's gravity well?
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