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The Earth's center, or a point very close to it inside the Earth, is exactly

following the orbit. So there are always two points on the surface that are

exactly on the orbit. It seems to me that these points would have to be in

the Tropics, and would have to move along the surface as the Earth turns.

It's not possible for ANY point on the surface to ever be more than about

6,200 miles from one of these points where the orbit actually meets the

surface.

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