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From: kotter@muscat.UUCP (Rich Kotter)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Halley's Comet
Message-ID: <94@muscat.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 08:19:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 08:19:19 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?


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					Rich Kotter
					DEC Portland Oregon 
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