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Hmm, if it's so huge, why won't it be hard to miss?]]>Feb 9th 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/Feb 9th 2007 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/Feb 9th 2007 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/Feb 9th 2007 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/Feb 9th 2007 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/
In order to perpetually stay over Texas, it would need to be geosynchronous]]>Feb 9th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/
A geostationary orbit is a type of geosynchronous orbit. So it will stay above Texas and appear to not move to those on the ground.]]>Feb 9th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/
'...the Clarke Belt (the geostationary orbit) is the part of space approximately 35,786 km above mean sea level in the plane of the equator where near-geostationary orbits may be achieved.'

from geostationarybananaovertexas.com:
'...it will float between 30 and 50 km up in the sky..'

so it's not a geostationary orbit. no?

]]>Feb 17th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/geostationary-banana-blimp-to-hover-over-texas/http://celestrak.com/columns/v04n07/ [best short explanation i could find tonight]:

"For any orbit to be geostationary, it must first be geosynchronous. A geosynchronous orbit is any orbit which has a period equal to the earth's rotational period. As we shall soon see, this requirement is not sufficient to ensure a fixed position relative to the earth. While all geostationary orbits must be geosynchronous, not all geosynchronous orbits are geostationary. Unfortunately, these terms are often used interchangeably."

What I think we have here is an example of the terms being used interchangeably. The Website and Engadget claim Geostationary in this art project's name. I assumed that was what they meant, but you are correct in the discrepancy that you pointed out, Fru.

Number40one claimed that it would need to be geosynchronous, and I merely pointed out that, as a geostationary object, it would be geosynchronous by definition.

Now, however, I believe that the Banana Project's organizers are confused about the difference and really mean to say geosynchronous instead of geostationary.

Does that make sense?
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