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Article #8256Re: A Question about a HEO manned space station
From: Kenneth Charles Sheppardson
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1988 13:47
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1988 13:47
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In article <17976@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu (George W. Herbert) writes:
> In article <401907a2.5e37@dl5e37.engin.umich.edu> I wrote:
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>>LEO <=> 100-500 nautical miles ( 200-1000 km )
>>HEO <=> >500 nautical miles ( >1000 km )
>
> pardon, but since when is 500 miles=1000 km?
> even nautical miles...
> really, 500 nm=925 km
> (close, but no cigar?...)
> -george william herbert
Actually, if I wanted to be picky I'd point out that:
1 nm = 1852 m => 500 nm = 926 km
^
...but then since my original statement was intended only as a general guideline/rule of
thumb, and since the limits aren't that clearly defined, I see no reason for me to be picky.
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Ken Sheppardson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!sheppard From: sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Kenneth Charles Sheppardson) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.physics Subject: Re: A Question about a HEO manned space station Message-ID: <40220137.298d@dl298d.engin.umich.edu> Date: 8 Dec 88 13:47:00 GMT References: <1073@galaxy> <4429@homxc.UUCP> <2121@garth.UUCP> <17976@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich. Lines: 24