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To: usurper
The definition of newton is "In plain English, 1 newton of force is the force required to accelerate an object with a mass of 1 kilogram 1 meter per second per second".

If you have a space probe weighing 1000kg, being pushed at a thrust of 5.4 newtons, after 1 second it will have accelerated 5.4/1000 m/s, which is not much. But after a day, then it will have accelerated to a velocity of (5.4*3600*24)/1000 = 467 m/s

19 posted on 10/14/2017 12:53:19 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625

467 m/s = 1045 mph


30 posted on 10/14/2017 1:02:42 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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