From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Dr John Stockton   wrote:   
   >From any spherical body, to attain orbital velocity requires an   
   >acceleration-distance product of one local gravity times one radius   
   >distance along the surface.  That's a lot.   
      
   Half a radius distance, actually.  But it's still a lot. :-)   
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