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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Ummm, not sure where they got these numbers from but Earth's escape velocity is not 7000mph and escaping the sun's gravitational pull (leaving the solar system from Earth) is not 30,000mph. Respectively the numbers are approximately 25,000mph and 94,000mph. You're welcome.

[–] CellarRat 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I like how they are implying the speed of light is only 500000mph (as opposed to 671,000,000 mph or 1,080,000,000kph)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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[–] CellarRat 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah sorry, I should have specified that the post not only got the escape velocity wrong as you pointed out they also got the speed of light wrong near the end.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I didn't see that reference but the image is all blurry now.

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