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Uploaded by on May 20, 2009

This STK-generated animation shows "baseballs" being thrown at different velocities. If they're not thrown fast enough they impact the Earth after traveling on elliptical paths. If thrown at just the right velocity they enter a circular orbit. If thrown faster than the circular velocity, they enter an elliptical orbit.

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