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Contents

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Introduction | 6.2 |

What is an Orbit? | 6.3 | 

The Earth | 6.4 | 

What Keeps Bodies in Orbit? Gravity | 6.5 |

Circular Orbits | 6.7 | 

How to Describe an Orbit | 6.8 | 

The Shuttle's Orbit | 6.11 |

Ground Tracks | 6.14 | 
Non-Rotating Earth | 6.14 | 
Rotating Earth | 6.16 | 
Day/Night on the Ground Tracks | 6.18 | 

Activities | (coming later) | 

References | 6.19 | 

Fact Sheet | (coming later) |

7/17/96  Page 6.1

Transcription Notes:
non rotating earth, rotatinc earh, and day/night on the ground tracks all appear to be sub sections of ground tracks.