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- From: johannes.beekhuizen@contrast.wlink.nl (Johannes Beekhuizen)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Distance of horizon
- Message-ID: <722190899.F00001@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:41:42
- Sender: postmaster@contrast.wlink.nl
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- Hello steve,
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- On Wednesday November 18 1992, steve hix wrote to All:
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- sh> Anyone have handy a function for figuring the distance of the
- sh> horizon from a viewer based on the viewer's height from the
- sh> surface?
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- I make it:
- horizon = SQRT ( 2 * eyelevel * earthradius + eyelevel * eyelevel )
- all in the same units, of course.
- The earth radius is about 6378160 meters.
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- sh> This has to do with amusing my kids a bit during our next
- sh> science discussion. Dad's got to stay ahead *some* way... :}
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- Sigh...
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- Regards,
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- Johannes (friends call me Hans).
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-