1 hour left! The answers are way more evenly distributed than I expected. Very interested to hear why folks chose the answer they did
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Starting from Earth, which of these do you think requires the most energy to reach?
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The poll isn't closed but I need to go do family things, so I'm going to spoil it a few minutes early. For reference, here's the answer distribution when this thread was written.pic.twitter.com/4CP9OX0XYT
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I phrased both the question, and one of the choices poorly, which means the actual answer isn't the one I intended. I'm going to gloss over some less important details, so folks with physics degrees please don't @ me unless something is egregiously wrong (you know who you are <3)
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important q: do you want to hit a stable orbit or just get there (is it okay if your probe crashes or burns up?)
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Stable orbit not required. Mercury is the only one you need to orbit, highly elliptical (but not parabolic) is fine.
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It's definitely not a trick question
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i appreciate the answer distribution and should have looked up how fast mercury is going before definitively clicking :)
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It actually doesn't matter how fast Mercury is going! (It's speed can be assumed to have a reasonable resonance relative to you if both bodies are non-trivial mass)
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Partly depends on how you define “atmosphere”
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I can guarantee you there is no reasonable definition of "atmosphere" which changes the answer
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