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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

velocity 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? 🤔

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