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23 Nov 2019
Original: #3 - A space shuttle orbits the Earth at an altitude of300 km. What is this altitude in (a) miles and (b)millimeters?
Modifications: #3 is not about converting 300 km to 180 miles. Itsabout drawing (accurately) an earth/Shuttle/geosycnronoussatellite/moon system. I recommend a full 8.5 x 11 sheet drawndaigonally from upper left to lower right with a scale of 10,000miles = 1.0 cm, an awful mix of units. Use this to convinceyourself that the Shuttle orbits barely over our heads, outside anatmosphere barely discenerable in thickness. Use information onearth and moon from H/R/W, and wikipedia the rest.
Original: #3 - A space shuttle orbits the Earth at an altitude of300 km. What is this altitude in (a) miles and (b)millimeters?
Modifications: #3 is not about converting 300 km to 180 miles. Itsabout drawing (accurately) an earth/Shuttle/geosycnronoussatellite/moon system. I recommend a full 8.5 x 11 sheet drawndaigonally from upper left to lower right with a scale of 10,000miles = 1.0 cm, an awful mix of units. Use this to convinceyourself that the Shuttle orbits barely over our heads, outside anatmosphere barely discenerable in thickness. Use information onearth and moon from H/R/W, and wikipedia the rest.
