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Assuming a spherical earth in a vacuum... One of the few times that simplifying assumption matches reality.
by foobar1962 5y ago
Assuming a spherical earth in a vacuum... One of the few times that simplifying assumption matches reality.
- kelnos 5y agoNot quite; the Earth is an oblate spheroid. Assuming it's a sphere is certainly a close enough approximation for this exercise, though.