[sci.physics] Orbit puzzle

KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU (11/16/86)

From:  "Keith F. Lynch" <KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU>

    From: pyrami!prls!philabs!linus!bs@Ucb-Vax.arpa (Robert D. Silverman)

    Assume that an object in a circular orbit suddenly has its mass cut in
    half.  What happens to the orbit?

It stays the same.
								...Keith