Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 17 1131-17-p036

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xo. 4003 January 18, 1958 thrown from the Moon could be expected to the oxtended atmosphere near perigee. The o! the atmosphere will be to diminish the eccentric ‘and semi-major axis of tho orbit of the particle ar the Earth’. After a period of 10? years or tho like, the orbit would becomo very nearly circular, and would roach the surface of the Earth. Owing to tho attraction of the equatorial bulge of the Earth, the ‘orbit would be more sharply curved where it crosses the equator. The...