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1 """
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2 physical constants
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3 """
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5 # The Earth isn't a sphere, but let's pretend it is
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6 # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_radius
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7 Rearth = 6371. # km
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8 diameter = 2.*Rearth