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[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

2 m/s? Shouldn't it be more on the order of 1.3 km/s with an 81 Tm orbital radius?

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. Always check your units, particularly what the calculator you pull up is using for the center body (Earth in my case). And a side note on that difference, it's amazing that the velocity for an orbit that far out is still fast. Even with gravity falling off proportionally, even our little sun pulls hard.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yep. 101% of statistics on the internet are made up, I guess.

Maybe OP mixed up the unit? And, in any case, it would take a lot more in delta-V just to get there.

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