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Old 10-23-2006
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Originally Posted by dmill1220 View Post
its the Up and down Cyclic movement that I'm wondering about. ... I really cant seem to find the specific Formula or sets of Formulas that they used to determine Our cylcic rate thru the Galactic Plane.
I'm pretty sure that if you assume simple harmonic motion (a spring), that if you have the current position, the velocity vector, and the potential (gravitational pull from the Galaxy), then you can calculate a simple formula for our system.
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