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What size is the planet itself ? AgentApple Send a noteboard - 02/08/2014 11:21:40 AM

Is it like Earth ? The radius of the planet itself will have a bearing on how much radians (degrees) cover 800 miles.

Also, did you consider that if the top is so high it can be seen from 800 miles, it might not be possible to actualy see it from... 10 miles ? From that distance it would just go up up up and disappear into a point. (Or so I'd imagine).

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Re: Would a thing 10 miles wide look bigger from 800 miles than a thing 2000 miles ... Nate - 05/08/2014 05:14:08 AM 764 Views
What size is the planet itself ? AgentApple - 02/08/2014 11:21:40 AM 699 Views
Re: What size is the planet itself ? Nate - 05/08/2014 05:01:37 AM 905 Views
I come bearing gifts of knowledge Nebhead - 02/08/2014 07:54:07 PM 1138 Views
Have you considered Nebhead - 02/08/2014 08:00:44 PM 936 Views
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Air quality would affect visibility anyway, and you have to calculate curvature of the Earth. Tom - 03/08/2014 03:18:42 AM 675 Views
Re: Air quality would affect visibility anyway, and you have to calculate curvature of the Earth. Nate - 05/08/2014 05:09:48 AM 991 Views
See, I think you are doing this the wrong way around... jh - 04/08/2014 09:43:05 PM 741 Views
That's exactly what worried me. Nate - 05/08/2014 05:11:51 AM 789 Views
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