From jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU  Sat Mar  6 22:45:04 2010
Date:         Sun, 14 May 1995 12:40:05 EDT
From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU
Subject:      Re: TEXT: le gunse ku joi le lorxu
To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
X-From-Space-Date: Sun May 14 12:39:00 1995
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la lojbab cusku di'e
> I presume orbital parameters would be sspecified with set notation and
> Mex.  The key point is that a satellite by definition has orbital
> parameters.

But does a fox going around an oven have orbital parameters?

What about people who have no idea what orbital parameters are?  I
suppose they are something like radii and plane of the obit, but I have
no idea what are the conventions to describe them.  Is {mluni} a
technical term or an everyday one?

> or if you mean to circle the oven
>
> clupa klama ru'u lo toknu or
> klama fo le toknu sruri clupa

These are all possibilities.  I used {klama ru'u le toknu} in the
translation, and I think there's nothing wrong with that.  {litru ru'u
le toknu} might be even better.  {litru le sruri be le toknu} is also a
good possibility.

I'd say {mluni le toknu} was the best, because it is the most concise,
if it wasn't for the x3 and x4 places.

Jorge