I’ve been wondering this for a while now…
Assuming no inconvenient obstacles… trees, mountains, tall people… if you were to orbit earth at (or just above) sea level, at the equator, what’s your speed?
Me.
Lets see.
Ignoring air resistance, right?
17694.166070150324 miles per hour.
7906 m/s
(yes, it is only about 425 miles per hour faster than the shuttle, but you have to remember that the difference of two hundred miles from the center of mass of the Earth isn’t really significant)
What is the significance of your user name? Are you interested in TVRO or orbital mechanics?
Brrraaaaiiiinnnnssss!!!
You definitely lost me, there.
Zombie thread, rising from the dead.
(Did I really used to be able to answer these sorts of things? Damn, the old-timer’s disease must be catching up with me…)