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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (4 children)

"30 times closer than the Moon" 🙄

Around 12 thousand miles (19.3 thousand kilometers).

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Which on the scale of the solar system is essentially the width of a damned hair. We have satellites in higher orbits than that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How much is that in elephants?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm not up to date on the latest elephant measuring units but we're talking at lease 7.8million horse lengths away of that helps.

If you're looking for greater accuracy we can always convert that to badgers with a simple formula.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Rude to call your mom that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Missed it by this 🤏 much