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In lugnet.space, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> Sweet! That would be *so cool*! Imagine sitting out on the deck
> looking up at the full moon, and all of a sudden it starts falling
> towards you. If we ignore the gravitational damage to the earth
> (tides, crust stresses, etc) and the fact that the earth is still
> rotating, how long would you get to watch the moon before it landed
> on you? The first person to answer will get a cookie(*)!
I get 1 hour, 13 minutes. Or 2 hours, 26 minutes. If I could remember the
derivitive of y = x^2, I'd be more precise.
Steve
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