Posted by Scott Johnson on January 03, 2000 at 13:21:48:
In Reply to: Speed of Hubble is 26 239 km/h posted by John on December 31, 1999 at 21:49:00:
> It takes Hubble about 100 min to circle the globe. This calculates to about
> 26 239 km/h, rounding to the nearest whole kilometre. Thus the value you
> gave in both miles and kilometres per hour is about 2000 km/h on the high
> side. Obviously the speed in miles was rounded to give it the appearance
> of being a rational speed. Since the time of 100 min might not be exact,
> the speed I calculated could be off too. The 100 min orbit time came
> from the Hubble web page: http://hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov/discussion.html.
Taking values off the discussion board is not the best approach. Remember
this is an open forum. Anyone can input their opinions.
Scott