[RTTY] I dont think so

[WI8W <rtty@comcast.net>]

"But, acknowledging that the Earth is not a perfect sphere ( It's
squashed at the poles )
but making it a perfect sphere, the radius of the Earth is not 6378
km, but 12756.597 km or 24,902 statute miles. ( and that distance is
almost exactly twice the 6378 quoted)"

Since when did the "radius" of the earth equal the circumfrence?  Now I 
can believe that the diameter is 12756.597 KM not taking into 
consideration the flattend poles but the diameter is not the radius. 
The diameter is exactly 2 times the radius.  The circumference is pi 
time the diameter.

so 3.14159 times 12756.597KM = 40075.997KM or 24,907 miles



73

Thom WI8W




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