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how to find the sidereal period with this data?



 
 
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Old September 25th 04, 11:41 PM
shahbos
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Default how to find the sidereal period with this data?

the only information i have is the following:
a ship movies from west to east against the fixed stars, and every
21.24 hours it is directly overhead for an observer on earth. what is
the ship's sidereal orbital period?
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Old September 26th 04, 02:15 AM
Greg Neill
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"shahbos" wrote in message
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the only information i have is the following:
a ship movies from west to east against the fixed stars, and every
21.24 hours it is directly overhead for an observer on earth. what is
the ship's sidereal orbital period?


What have you tried so far? What deductions can you make
from the given data?


 




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