Re: what is orbital speed around the moon?
- From: "thomsona@xxxxxxxxx" <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:46:41 -0700
On Aug 26, 7:13 am, P...@xxxxxx wrote:
we're moving at about 3550 MPH.
well, that's not even close to 17,000.
Am I close?
Yep. A couple of hundred mph slow, but certainly close.
(Remember that the LEM ascent stage was pretty tiny and still made it
into orbit.)
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