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Old 02-01-2011, 08:24 PM
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Thats 78 joules per second or in terms we can all picture, the energy of a tennis ball moving at 500 metres per second, for every second over the past 4 billion years. I can only assume that the energy calculated would be what is required in direct opposition to the asteroids spin. Given that jets would be very unlikey to outgas at such an angle, the energy output required would be considerably greater...
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