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Article #18Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?
From: FRANK NEY
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 13:20
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 13:20
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In article <mcdonald.443@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald) writes: >In article <STEINLY.92Oct26125854@topaz.ucsc.edu> steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes: > > >>Speed relative to Earth is 50 km/s >Lord Almighty! 1/6 the speed of light!!!!!! ??????? > >Doug McDonald I think you dropped a few decimal points. B-) Fifty klicks per second is only SOL x 0.0000166782 Frank Ney N4ZHG EMT-A LPVa NRA ILA GOA CCRTKBA "M-O-U-S-E" Commandant and Acting President, Northern Virginia Free Militia Send e-mail for an application and more information ---------------------------------------------------------------- Look! A one-line mathematical limerick: ((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^1/2)) / 7 + (5 * 11) = 9^2 + 0 -- The Next Challenge - Public Access Unix in Northern Va. - Washington D.C. 703-803-0391 To log in for trial and account info.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tnc!m0102 From: m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth? Message-ID: <1761@tnc.UUCP> Date: 27 Oct 92 13:20:31 GMT References: <1754@tnc.UUCP> <1992Oct26.184231.1@cc.helsinki.fi> <STEINLY.92Oct26125854@topaz.ucsc.edu> <mcdonald.443@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY) Organization: The Next Challenge, Fairfax, Va. Lines: 23