Took a few shots through the spotting scope this evening. Impacts (in Mils) - Left 1.4, High 0.1 and again at Right 2.0, Down 2.0.
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Minute of Angle on the MOON!!!
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Hey, only two kinds of nations in this world: those that use metric, and those who've driven on the moon
Not sure if I saw it here or elsewhere...America is where the world tried to force metrics on us and we only adopted for our ammo.
Seems right.
Whoaaa... seriously deep shit dude. Where does Coreolis come in there?!Asking for a friend.
Its the Bushnell. Couldn't pass it up at only $350 with a tripod included. I've had a lot of fun taking videos of my range trips through it.
Asking for a friend.
Ever notice astronauts don't carry a sidearms . Even the new Space Force won't have guns, honestly would you give a gun to a Space Cadet ?
please IN THIS FORUM WE OBEY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
Gravity still in effect on the moon. Your bullet still drops.
You would have to fire your rifle at or above the orbital velocity of the moon. Assuming it is a perfect sphere.
Which it isn't
In fact even low moon orbits are not particularly stable because the moon is in fact not a particularly good sphere.
But lets do the math because we don't call it rocket science for nothing
v = Sqrt(GM/R)
G = Gravitational Constant
M = mass moon
R is radius of your orbit (for our purpose, I will use the mean radius of the moon plus 1 meter because apparently Frank is on the moon--it really wont make that much difference but I wanted to make a short joke)
R = 1737000 meters so yeah, that 1 ain't gonna matter
G = 6.67E -11 (in SI)
M = 7.346E22 kg
turns out to be 5600 feet per second (give or take)
So no, it will not hit you in the back of the head unless you get it going A LOT faster than you do on the earth (2X or more). And somehow hit a perfect orbit that cancels out all the mass plutons on the moon (which you won't).
BUT MY GUN WILL FIRE FASTER BECAUSE NO AIR RESISTANCE!
Not twice as fast. Air resistance is not that strong.
edit:
en.wikipedia.org
Pics and everything.
Gravity still in effect on the moon. Your bullet still drops.
You would have to fire your rifle at or above the orbital velocity of the moon. Assuming it is a perfect sphere.
Which it isn't
In fact even low moon orbits are not particularly stable because the moon is in fact not a particularly good sphere.
But lets do the math because we don't call it rocket science for nothing
v = Sqrt(GM/R)
G = Gravitational Constant
M = mass moon
R is radius of your orbit (for our purpose, I will use the mean radius of the moon plus 1 meter because apparently Frank is on the moon--it really wont make that much difference but I wanted to make a short joke)
R = 1737000 meters so yeah, that 1 ain't gonna matter
G = 6.67E -11 (in SI)
M = 7.346E22 kg
turns out to be 5600 feet per second (give or take)
So no, it will not hit you in the back of the head unless you get it going A LOT faster than you do on the earth (2X or more). And somehow hit a perfect orbit that cancels out all the mass plutons on the moon (which you won't).
BUT MY GUN WILL FIRE FASTER BECAUSE NO AIR RESISTANCE!
Not twice as fast. Air resistance is not that strong.
edit:
Newton's cannonball - Wikipedia
Pics and everything.
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