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Old 09-12-2004, 07:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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and, since its forward motion was created by something initial (big bang?), and the suns gravitational force is constant, Mercury is very slowly getting pulled towards the sun, the same way the moon will eventually fall to the earth...but not for a looooong time
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