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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't forget to calculate the location where everything about them began and then include the curvature of Earth considering the latitude of said location into your speed calculation.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No, they're spherical children in a vacuum.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

for approximation we can assume that the boy is a point mass and the girl is a lie

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh, so we have to calculate the gravitational attraction pulling them back. Fucking hell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Augustus! Save some room for later.