RE: wobble . . .contains ALL! Audis

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

Well, lets see. I'm not sure 13 miles is accurate. First, we are moving
through space collectively as
a solar system and there are plenty of gravitational effects to
calculate from masses outside our solar
system (stars, galaxies, etc). The moon most certainly creates wobble
for us. The ocean tides act
as a nice reminder of that. Of course then you must consider the
gravitational effects of the other
eight planets too (pluto's is probably insignificant). You can then
factor in the rotation of our galaxy plus
it's relative motion through space too.
 The guy to ask to get some really numbers is a guy named Frank Crary
from Boulder U or perhaps
Henry Spencer at Toronto U. If they had any interest at all in the Audi
list, they could probably get
you some good wheel alianment numbers but the math will give you a
nightmares!

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>From: 	Mike Arman[SMTP:armanmik@n-jcenter.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, January 10, 1997 6:15 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	wobble . . .contains ALL! Audis
>
>Phil Payne asks "How much does the earth wobble in its orbit?" referring to
>the stability of Audi.
>
>In fact, it DOES wobble! Not sure how much, but enough to be mentioned in a
>not-terribly-arcane source - popular astronomy magazine or somesuch. Also,
>it isn't even precisely round (or spherical, actually) - off by about 13
>miles! 
>
>"Hello, Sears, how much would you get to align and true my planet? When can
>I bring it in?" (are we looking for some REAL problems here?)
>
>Nervous Audinaut,
>
>Mike Arman
>
>