re: Trans-Galactic Flight

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Nick Hoffman — 8/24/2004 5:33:31 AM (archived)

Well, SM, you obviously screwed-up in the calculations.

Classical Newtonian gravity shows that the time to orbit a solid body with uniform density distribution (e.g. a cloud of stars) at radius R is absolutely identical to 4 times the time to fall to the central mass, from a similar distance.

For a central point mass, the time is even shorter...

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Trans-Galactic Flight - YT - 8/23/2004 3:22:10 PM
- Of course, everyone is hypothesizing that... - alcaray - 8/26/2004 6:27:33 PM
  - Off topic - RobVG - 8/29/2004 4:06:10 PM
    - re: Barred Spirals - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/30/2004 1:16:41 PM
      - Thanks! - RobVG - 8/31/2004 4:07:27 AM
  - Bingo! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/27/2004 3:48:15 PM
    - Well, I doubt that magnetism has much to do with it. - alcaray - 8/27/2004 4:48:11 PM
- re: Trans-Galactic Flight - Nick Hoffman - 8/24/2004 5:33:31 AM
  - Incorrect: See et's reply to this post. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/25/2004 2:18:39 AM
    - I've found that it speeds discussion and understanding if you explain why. - et - 8/25/2004 4:56:09 AM
      - 3D vs 2D - Nick Hoffman - 8/26/2004 1:38:45 AM
        
        re: 3D vs 2D - SM - 8/26/2004 4:37:28 PM
        
        Pretty shitty - Davin L. - 8/29/2004 1:14:23 AM
        
        How Considerate of you... - Nick Hoffman - 8/27/2004 12:22:03 PM
        
        Excellent, here is another interesting fact - R.L. - 8/29/2004 8:33:52 AM
        
        You should see how popular that post made you on Community - R.L. - 8/27/2004 8:28:34 AM
        
        That was totally out of line... - R.L. - 8/26/2004 8:52:52 PM
        
        What's your problem? - et - 8/26/2004 7:06:29 PM
        
        I think S&M is reacting emotionally to verbal abuse. - alcaray - 8/26/2004 9:22:47 PM
        
        re: I think SM is bipolar. Seriously. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2004 7:03:59 AM
        
        NO EXCUSE POSSIBLE - R.L. - 8/27/2004 8:32:07 AM
        
        No excuse offered. - alcaray - 8/27/2004 3:35:25 PM
        
        seconded - very upsetting (n/t) - Daniel L - 8/27/2004 12:08:32 PM
- re: Trans-Galactic Flight - et - 8/23/2004 8:36:28 PM
  - Correct (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/25/2004 2:18:01 AM

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