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re: 1986DA - 20m miles from earth at closest

Buck Galaxy — 5/28/2009 3:46:34 AM (archived)

I couldn't find a diagram of its orbit online, but it gets close to Jupiter. Obviously anyone going to 1986DA would be hitching a long ride out and back. A six year total mission. Now that would be exciting!

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10 things about planets - Raoul - 5/24/2009 6:35:41 PM
- I'll give it a shot - Ainz - 5/28/2009 11:55:59 PM
  - water worlds - FrankC - 5/29/2009 4:36:29 AM
  - re: I'll give it a shot - lance - 5/29/2009 2:56:41 AM
- How many times did life originate on Earth? - phil - 5/27/2009 1:43:47 PM
  - But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 3:33:03 PM
    - re: But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - phil - 5/27/2009 4:31:37 PM
      - Money isn't everything - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 4:56:36 PM
- Cool list! Here's mine - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:01:19 AM
  - A couple of answers - TB - 5/25/2009 4:28:01 PM
    - I'd like to see your article. - podrock - 5/26/2009 1:13:33 AM
      - I loaded JPGs into Flickr - TB - 5/26/2009 3:22:27 AM
        
        re: I loaded JPGs into Flickr - gbaikie - 5/28/2009 8:49:46 AM
        
        Thanks TB - podrock - 5/26/2009 8:32:18 PM
        
        Elemental separation in zero G - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 12:36:18 AM
        
        Two birds with lots of rocks? - podrock - 5/27/2009 2:29:21 AM
        
        Not if the buckets are attached to the asteroid in some way. - TB - 5/27/2009 3:56:15 AM
        
        re: Elemental separation in zero G - gbaikie - 5/27/2009 2:13:11 AM
        
        A magnetic or electrostatic field can take the place of gravity. - ER - 5/27/2009 2:23:54 AM
    - re: A couple of answers - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 12:51:08 AM
    - Very impressive potential - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:47:26 PM
      - 1986DA - TB - 5/25/2009 8:16:52 PM
        
        re: 1986DA - 20m miles from earth at closest - Buck Galaxy - 5/28/2009 3:46:34 AM
        
        re: 1986DA - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 11:21:30 PM
        
        Leave it in Space - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:25:07 AM
        
        re: Leave it in Space - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 1:15:29 AM
        
        You're working too hard. - TB - 5/25/2009 11:52:17 PM
        
        re: You're working too hard. - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 2:32:06 AM
        
        The Gold Bug - ER - 5/26/2009 12:18:05 AM
        
        I think you'd start out slow with the imports. - TB - 5/26/2009 3:39:27 AM
        
        Not really - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:56:48 AM
  - re: Cool list! Here's mine - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 6:38:04 AM
- re: 10 things about planets - gbaikie - 5/24/2009 9:59:12 PM
  - Thermal gradients - Nick Hoffman - 5/25/2009 12:53:15 AM
    - geometry too - alcaray - 5/27/2009 7:06:19 AM
      - The scaling with gravity includes both mass and geometry - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 7:20:51 AM
    - re: Thermal gradients - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 5:00:11 AM

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