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If they live not at the center of the far side - and if they choose the wrong direction (because how should they know?) - they can travel more than a quarter of
by avmich 11y ago
If they live not at the center of the far side - and if they choose the wrong direction (because how should they know?) - they can travel more than a quarter of the moon great circle.
- Jtsummers 11y agoAh, good point. So really the at most is `0.5*circumference - epsilon` (starting just on the far side). In the worst case, if they manage to stay on a great circle.
- emiliobumachar 11y agoFrom the article: "Owing to various view angles from different parts of the Earth, the most ambitious jet-setting astronomer could have seen a maximum of 59 percent of the surface of our planetary companion. " If we take into account that fact that Earth is not a point, then epsilon is not so tiny after all, it's around 0.045 times circunference. This would make the final result 0.455 times circunference.