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Old March 20th 04, 01:12 PM
Richard Lamb
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Kevin Horton wrote:

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:40:06 +0000, Richard Lamb wrote:

"Rich S." wrote:

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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26000 miles is less than three planet diameters.

Diameters??????? Which planet?

Rich W.


Earth.


The earth's diameter is about 7,926 miles, so 26,000 miles would be a bit
more than three diameters, if we want to pick nits.

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Ok, nit picked. I was thinking 8000 mile diameter...