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curiousuburb
Antimatter Man
 
Join Date: May 2004
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2009-09-20, 18:25

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Originally Posted by Brad View Post
Just a few times the distance out as the moon. The moon's orbit is about 250,000 miles, right?
Varies a bit, but 240,000 miles is a good ballpark.

Perigee 363,104 km (0.002 4 AU)
Apogee 405,696 km (0.002 7 AU)

And it increases about 3.8cm a year.

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