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To: BenLurkin

How big is this comet? Does it have its own gravitational field? What’s going to hold the lander in place once it touches down?
Inquiring minds want to know


9 posted on 09/15/2014 10:08:20 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Tucker39

Its got very low gravity but the lander has a harpoon to anchor itself when it touches down.


10 posted on 09/15/2014 10:14:46 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Tucker39

Of course the comet has a gravitational field. We would need to know its mass to calculate the strength of the field.


11 posted on 09/15/2014 10:18:32 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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