Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!rachiele@NADC From: rachiele%NADC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: 2010 Message-ID: <12379@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 09:16:08 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12379 Posted: Mon Aug 13 09:16:08 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 01:32:00 EDT Lines: 14 Having just read 2010 by Clarke, is he accurate when he describes the method of sling-shoting around Jupiter? He says you decelerate to lose velocity, to fall toward the planet. This sounds backwards to me. I would think you would need to increase the magnatude of your velocity, angling in the direction of the planet, to produce the hyperbolic orbit needed. Am I off the wall? Jim Rachiele