European Southern Observatory Proposes New Compulsory Figure

Started by nicklaszlo, April 17, 2020, 05:28:01 AM

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nicklaszlo



They named it the "Schwarzschild Precession."

You will need a really good push to skate the whole thing.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2006/


CrossStroke

Oh, but you've missed the trick to it - it's the power pulls!

AgnesNitt

Quote from: CrossStroke on April 17, 2020, 07:19:47 AM
Oh, but you've missed the trick to it - it's the power pulls!
and the special two point scribe to get the elliptical letdown for practice.
Yes I'm in with the 90's. I have a skating blog. http://icedoesntcare.blogspot.com/

Query

A truly "stellar" skater is doing a carefully timed illusion to create a circularly progressing elliptical spin.

Makes a great school figure.

Anyone wanna try?

tstop4me

Quote from: AgnesNitt on April 17, 2020, 11:45:13 AM
and the special two point scribe to get the elliptical letdown for practice.
Just get a jumbo size spirograph.

Query

Quote from: tstop4me on April 17, 2020, 10:17:05 PM
Just get a jumbo size spirograph.

Spirograph=Ptolemaic cycles & epicycles!

It's so easy to fool ye mortals! We but ran a string between three celestial skaters. The skater at one end stood perfectly still. The one at the other end slowly circled the first. The third skater balanced a bright light on her head while she kept the line taut, skating round the other two.

Next shall we paint the ice sheet black and light the ice, to display the figure all at once? What fantasies willt though spin to explain the celestial pattern?  8)