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As the article explains, these points are about sqrt(2Rh) = sqrt(2 x 6400km x 0.3m) = sqrt(3840000m^2) ~ 1.96km away from the cat.
by tromp 9y ago
As the article explains, these points are about sqrt(2Rh) = sqrt(2 x 6400km x 0.3m) = sqrt(3840000m^2) ~ 1.96km away from the cat.
- davidmanescu 9y agoDid a back of the envelope trigonometry calculation as an approximation, seems to check out :)