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To: samtheman

Is this moon so small that you couldn’t stand on it?
I’d think you would just float around near it.

I’ve always wondered the same thing about Phobos and Deimos.


5 posted on 06/23/2011 4:41:06 AM PDT by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: RadiationRomeo

The escape velocity on Phobos is only 28 mph.

You couldn’t jump off of it, but you could easily throw a baseball off of it.


6 posted on 06/23/2011 5:10:15 AM PDT by kidd
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