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To: Talisker

At the moment, there is nothing to move loose material off the comet’s surface. It has a mass of ~1 X 10^13 kg. Escape velocity is ~0.5 m/s.


11 posted on 08/23/2014 11:18:58 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood; Cold Heat; GeronL

Thanks!


20 posted on 08/24/2014 9:38:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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