Gravity Wells - interesting visual.

[boboco]

Hi,

I was not too sure where to put this, but its a visual representation of the gravity wells for the planets and a few satellites. Intention is to show the scale of effort required to escape gravity from each body.

Its on a "science cartoon" site, but don't let that put you off ;-)

http://xkcd.com/681_large/

Cheers,

Karl.

[toml42]

this is great

[Ant]

I like that, a nice simple way of explaining something that could be made overly complicated.

Cheers for sharing.

Ant

[anthony]

An interesting link!

[EA2007]

that is cool.

however, some scientists are still wondering how much energy would it take to escape from Uranus!

[ncjunk]

Thats an excellent cartoon.

[Tantalus]

Heehee. I like the idea that if you were on Deimos you could launch yourself into space on a bicycle.

[abumuhannadh]

Heehee. I like the idea that if you were on Deimos you could launch yourself into space on a bicycle.

on the bad side, it might takes minutes for you to take a single step

[Rosanella]

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Its on a "science cartoon" site, but don't let that put you off ;-)

http://xkcd.com/681_large/

Cheers,

Karl.

I like it and printed a copy