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To: Chode

Assuming a circular orbit at 1,385,000 miles (=36,000,000/26) we get an 8,700,000 mile orbital path. The 18 hour period implies a speed of about 483,000 miles per hour. That is about 7.25 times as fast as the Earth revolves around the Sun.


16 posted on 01/21/2012 7:54:41 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt
thx... but wouldn't that be 24hr*365days=8760hrs per year/18hrs=486.6666 times as fast as the earth?
17 posted on 01/21/2012 8:09:12 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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