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From: dta@cpsc53.UUCP (Doug Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Halley's Comet
Message-ID: <85134@cpsc53.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 13:35:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 19 13:35:24 1985
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> > not hundreds of thousands, of miles.  The pictures should be spectacular;
> > cross your fingers and pray that Giotto survives long enough!  A very close
> > encounter with a comet at about 70 kps is not the safest of maneuvers.
> > --
> 
> Being a bit of a novice at such things, I don't know what kps refers to
> in this posting. Anyone care to shed some light?
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 					Rich Kotter
> 					DEC Portland Oregon 
> 					decvax!decwrl!muscat!kotter

	How about Kilometers Per Second
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