wedrifid comments on Compartmentalization as a passive phenomenon - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 27 March 2010 03:15:24AM 1 point [-]

If a moon is rotating fast enough, a pen held a few feet above its surface will be at orbital velocity.

Well, even more technically, 'may be at orbital velocity, depending on where on the moon the astronaut is standing'.

Comment author: JamesAndrix 27 March 2010 06:37:29AM 0 points [-]

Pesky mountains.

Comment author: wnoise 27 March 2010 06:38:56AM 1 point [-]

That and varying latitude.