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Posted by John on January 01, 2000 at 11:25:59:

In Reply to: Re: Speed of Hubble is 7.57 km/s (27 253 km/h) posted by James R. Frysinger on January 01, 2000 at 10:50:01:

> ....
> > Letting F_c = F, and the equations above set equal to each other, the resulting formula is: v^2=GM/r or v=(GM/r)^-2
> ....
> There's a small typo in the last equation:
> v^2=GM/r or v=(GM/r)^-2

> That last part should read v=(GM/r)^0.5 or v=sqrt(GM/r)

>
> Jim Frysinger

Oops! That was no small Typo on my part. You're right! X^-2 is the same as 1/x^2, which is not the same as x^0.5.

Thanks Jim.




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