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Distance to the earth's horizon

Updated: 8/10/2023
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15y ago

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The distance in kilometers to the horizon is the square root of (13 X observers height in meters) so for a 1.8 meter person standing on the seashore the horizon is about 5 km away. For someone on a jet at 10,000 meters the horizon is 360 km away.

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93,000,000 miles

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