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Old 02-December-2004, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AstroSmurf
Lunar escape velocity is 2.38 km/s ... anyone who can hit a golf ball hard enough to get within that ballpark would outclass Tiger Woods.

(Yes, I know that you don't need to get the EV for an orbit, but I'm too lazy to do the math)
escape velocity = sqrt(2) * orbital velocity. So about 1.68 km/s for an orbit, still a bit much even for Tiger.
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