AT WHAT POINT ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE DOES IT'S CURVATURE BECOME APPARENT

Subject: AT WHAT POINT ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE DOES IT'S CURVATURE BECOME APPARENT

Date: Wed Sep 8 19:26:20 1999
Posted by Larry L Johnson
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: charlotte State/Province: NC Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 936833180.As

Message:


WE ALL KNOW THAT WE LIVE ON A RATHER ROUND EARTH (ACTUALLY  IT"S AN OBLATE SPHERE) WITH A DIAMETER OF 7,927 MILES.      WHAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM DISTANCE ABOVE THE EARTH, IN      ORDER TO SEE A SLIGHT DEGREE OF CURVATURE?

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