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To: Kartographer
22,397,102 miles

I got 22,397,550 miles in 14 days

Orbital path length is (93,000,000 * 2 * π) = 584,336,233 Miles per year, or (584,336,233/365.25) = 1,599,825 Miles per day or (1,599,825/24) = 66,659 miles per hour which is our orbital velocity.

Diameter of Earth is 7,926 miles so (22,397,550/7926) or the "near miss" was equivalent to about 2,825 Earth Diameters. Close enough for government work!

Regards,
GtG

104 posted on 07/31/2013 2:40:39 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

When you consider the distance what’s a few hundred miles one way or another? ;-)


105 posted on 07/31/2013 2:48:25 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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