Talk:90 Antiope

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Is the orbital and physical information about the "main" body or the system as a whole? Ardric47 22:04, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

From the nature of the system it would make more sense if it was for the system as a whole, but I'm not sure Cryomaniac 23:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

The solar orbit is described in terms of the center-of-mass of the binary. Physical information (except dimensions) is for both objects.Michaelbusch 16:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random questions

Things that confuse me about systems like this are things like would it be possible to land something on the surfaces that face each other? Also, seeing as the bodies are about the same size would something fired exactly between them at a high enough speed not have it's course changed? Cryomaniac 23:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you could land on the inner surfaces, although the surface gravity there is different from elsewhere. If the gravity were zero or negative, you could not land, but then the two objects should have collapsed onto each other. If you stood at the center-of-mass of the system and fired a bullet exactly in the right direction, it would remain the proper distance from both objects that the direction of the trajectory would not change. However, it would still be slowed down as it worked its way out of the potential well. Michaelbusch 16:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accidentally appropriate name

it is named after a character in Greek Mythology, called Antiope, though it is disputed as to which, there being more than one.

Easy! It's a double asteroid, so... One half is named after the sister of Hippolyte, and the other is named after the mother of Amphion.

Good one! ---- GraL

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What happened to this page? I tried to fix it by moving the template around and then i came out with two templates...--I am a Wikipedian (talk) 12:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Fixed it..I think, if somethings wrong you can all blame me :(--I am a Wikipedian (talk) 12:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)