File:Vertical distances.png

Drawing of the different types of vertical flightdistances an aircraft can have. Self created 2006 by Dr. Wessmann   English

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illustration showing the relative sizes and distances of the Earth and the Moon, this time done vertically so it will better fit on Wikipedia pages. Created

distances of the Earth and the Moon. Same as Image:Earth to moon vertical.png but horizontal. Created using NASA images in Inkscape, exported as PNG.

obtain the radar distance to the other observer. This notion of distance agrees very nearly with the ruler distance for small distances, but in general