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		fhars on March 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70... That‘s what “speeding up” in a 1/r potential means, you move to a higher energy orbit, which happens to be longer and slower. Classical physics can be weird, too.

jofer on March 12, 2020 [–]

Yes, absolutely, but must people will misunderstand "speeding up" as increasing rate of rotation, which is why it's useful to clarify.

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