2006-10-18 08:23:11 · 4 answers · asked by Boulevard of broken dreams 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you place it in just the right spot near Ceres with sufficient tangential velocity, you should be able to put the colony in orbit directly around Ceres, and then the gravity of Ceres will keep it in the required orbit. You could also place it within Ceres orbit such that the gravity of the Sun would keep it in that orbit. You'd need to make sure to match the precise vector of Ceres' motion at that point to make sure that the eccentricity of the orbit will also be the same.
2006-10-18 08:29:14 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why not just put your colony ON Ceres? It is a perfect location. I have thought it would be fun to build a geodesic glass sphere completly enclosing Ceres, and then fill it with beathable Earth type air. All of humanity could live there with each family of 4 having a yard of at least 1/2 acre. We could leave Earth and let it grow back to its pre-human natural state.
2006-10-18 11:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good lord. What a pack of hooey.
Just put it in orbit around Ceres without all the long and incorrectly used words.
2006-10-18 11:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhhhhh.......... Super Glue it to an astroid??? ~lol~
2006-10-18 11:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋