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We're told that earth's diameter is 12742 km and that the ISS altitude is ~408 km. If you try to model that with a sphere of 50 cm for the earth, the ISS would be 1.6 cm high. I don't think that a picture of the sphere taken that close would look anything like what thoe from Nasa/Esa.
We're told that earth's diameter is 12742 km and that the ISS altitude is ~408 km.
If you try to model that with a sphere of 50 cm for the earth, the ISS would be 1.6 cm high.
I don't think that a picture of the sphere taken that close would look anything like what thoe from Nasa/Esa.
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