The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a period of Mesopotamian history which began in 626 BC and ended in 539 BC. During the preceding three centuries, Babylonia had been ruled by their fellow Akkadian speakers and northern neighbours, Assyria.
In order for a satellite to successfully orbit the Earth, it must travel a horizontal distance of 8000 meters before falling a vertical distance of 5 meters. A horizontally launched projectile falls a vertical distance of 5 meters in its first second of motion.
Hence, the gravitational force of a typical neutron star is huge. If an object were to fall from a height of one meter in a neutron star 12 kilometers in radius, it would reach the ground at around 1.4 million meters per second, or 5 million kilometers per hour.