Astronomical help needed

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From: John Merrill (tmerrill@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 20:15:51 PST 

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From: "John Merrill" <tmerrill@hotmail.com>
Subject: Astronomical help needed
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 20:15:51 PST

        We are in the middle of our astronomy section of my physics class and one
of my students asked how long it would take to fall from the earth orbital
radius to the sun ( the straight-line solution). I have figured how to do
it iteratively with a spread sheet, but that solution lacks the elegance of
a closed solution. The fact that the acceleration changes as you get closer
to the sun has stymied my integration attempts. Anyone remember how to do
that problem?
        Thanks,
        Tim Merrill

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