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Posted 2014-11-11, 03:23 PM in reply to
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"To start, they launched the Ranger from..."
WetWired said:
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Next, they park at the L2 of the planet-blackhole system and make a trip to the plant because the time gradient is so strong that entering low orbit would be catestrophic. I question how such a planet is not volcanic with such forces at play and even be a candidate planet...
IIRC, it was claimed that the first planet had a 30% higher surface gravity than that of Earth, while time passed seven times faster on Earth. My back-of-the-envelope calculations based on the latter property puts this "planet" in white dwarf to neutron star territory.
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