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   > Once the item had left the catapult it would be in free fall and subject   
   > to microgravity (allowing for air resistance), whether on the way up or   
   > down. Only during acceleration and impact would there be any gravitational   
   > experience within the item.   
      
   Assuming we do not take the assumption that the gravitational field is   
   constant over the region of motion, and varies with the usual 1/r, precisely   
   what is the trajectory? A parabola or an ellipse?   
      
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