From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur


earth-moon distance
(not to scale)

x-----moon's mean geocentric distance 238,854 miles-----x
| 230,000 |
| 220,000 |
| 210,000 |
| 200,000 |
| 190,000 |
| 180,000 |
| 170,000 |
| 160,000 |
| 150,000 |
| 140,000 |
| 130,000 |
| 120,000 |
| 110,000 |
| 100,000 |
| 90,000 |
| 80,000 |
| 70,000 |
| 60,000 |
| 50,000 |
| 40,000 |
| 30,000 |
x----geostationary orbit ~22,300 miles altitude---------x
x----mid-altitude orbit ~12,500 miles altitude---------x
x----low-altitude orbit up to ~1200 miles altitude------x
x----nasa space shuttle orbit ~300 miles altitude------x
x----intl space station orbit ~220 miles altitude------x
x----earth's mean sea level ~0 miles altitude------x
x----earth's mean geocenter ~3,960 miles depth bsl-----x

e.g., geostationary orbit is one hundred (~100) times farther away
from the earth than the intl. space station orbit (i.e. 22000/220),
the moon is approximately one _thousand_ (1000) times farther away
than corporeal (organic) life-sustainable altitude above the earth,
as angels sojourn beyond the earth naturally, but not in the flesh

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