Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?

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From: Gary Coffman
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 15:25

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In article <mcdonald.443@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald) writes:
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>>Speed relative to Earth is 50 km/s
>Lord Almighty! 1/6 the speed of light!!!!!! ???????

You're off by three orders of magnitude. Light speed is roughly 
300,000 km/s.

Gary

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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?
Message-ID: <1992Oct28.152536.6963@ke4zv.uucp>
Date: 28 Oct 92 15:25:36 GMT
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