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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 days agovelocity of at least 11 km/s, which is needed
free benefit of the equatorial velocity, which is about 0.44 km/h, so that reduces our required speed to “only” 10.56 km/h.
How did you go from seconds to hours so quickly? 🤔
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Whoops, force of habit. Fixed now to not be sizable fractions of the speed of light.