>Indeed. A minor second order systems effect entirely unrelated for purposes
>of the argument :-)
>
>You are of course right - the size of the planet and the magnitude of the
>relative forces involved mean in the given example the planet happens to
>recapture the bullet and "close" the system. Maybe I should have placed the
>gunman (solidly anchored) on the Canadian manipulator arm on a Space Shuttle
>:-). Or on Deimos.

Or a gun capable of escape velocity.

--Brendan

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