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Originally Posted by BigJon
1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.
It always amuses me when people say something like they were doing "45 knots per hour". My response is the acceleration must have been pretty good, what was the top speed?  . I usually only get a blank look in return  . |
Lousy acceleration factor that one. Only a 45 knot increase every hour?
Of course that still puts it at USS Enterprise's top speed in about 1 1\4 hours.
From stand still.
That's rated by "Janes", as 55+ knots.
It should only take about 7 or 8 days to leave orbit.