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The closer you get to a massive body, the faster you need to go to orbit. For earth, air resistance limits closeness you can achieve orbit at, but is there a theoretical limit for how close your orbit can be, on bodies without an atmosphere?

by /u/non-troll_account in /r/askscience

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