Circular Orbits Inside the Sphere of Death
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spherecircularinsideorbitsabovecannotdeathequator
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A wheel or sphere rolling without slipping on the inside of a sphere in a uniform gravitational field can have stable circular orbits that lie wholly above the "equator", while a particle sliding freely cannot.
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