Re: Time/Space scale

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> > If memory serves, the radius of
> > the Earth is about 12,000 km, or 120 MU.
> 
> No, the *diameter* of the Earth is about 12,700 km (equatorial radius
> 6378 km, polar radius 6357 km)

Thanks for the correction! Blame it on Y2k <g>. *Sigh* I've actually
done the software for Navigation Systems, become familiar with WGS-72,
WGS-84 spheroids etc etc. Reminder to self: even when using the simplest
figures, do a sanity check BEFORE you post... 2*pi*d would have shown
the error.

> For an earth-sized planet, this'd be:
> Thrust-2 out to ~10 mu
> Thrust-1 at approx. 10-40 mu

Right.

Thanks again. And a happy new year.
-- 
	      http://www2.dynamite.com.au/aebrain 
aebrain@dynamite.com.au     <> <>    How doth the little Crocodile
| Alan & Carmel Brain|	    xxxxx	Improve his shining tail?
| Canberra Australia |	xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM
 abrain@cs.adfa.edu.au o O*OO^^^^OO*O o oo     oo oo	 oo  
		       By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale