How far does the earth drop  for 10 miles traveled?
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How long is a piece of string?
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The average radius of the Earth is about 6378.1 kilometers, or abnout 6378100 meters.\nCompared to this, a few hundred meters doesnt make a significant difference.\n\nFor reference, the mass of the Earth is about 5.9742 E24 kilograms.\nG = 6.67 E-11\n\nThe gravitational acceleration on the surface of Earth (r = r_E = 6378100 m) is,\ng = G*M / r^2 = about 9.795 m/s^2\nIs the object is now 1 km above the surface of Earth (1000 meters higher), the gravitational acceleration is about 9.792 m/s^2, just .003 m/s^2 smaller, barely noticible.
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good question. depends on how far away it is. if the horizon is flat and you can see 10 miles away then it would be like a circle with a 20 mile radius...becuase it goes all the way around you...get it?
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First of all, there is no fixed end to the atmosphere: it gradually fades away to the density of interplanetary space.  However, the effective "top" of the atmosphere is often taken to be 60 miles (100 km), the altitude at which a (typical) unpowered satellite could make one orbit before air drag slowed it and caused it to fall.\nTo reach this altitude only requires that an object be headed upward, no matter how slowly.  To move upward requires that the object have some force propeling it which is at least slightly greater than the force of gravity pulling it down.  This force of gravity lessens with altitude, which is why a rocket needs a lot of power to take off, but little to maneuver in orbit.  Thus there is no minimum speed needed to reach the "top" of the atmosphere.\nHowever, the orbital velocity needed to stay in orbit is that velocity which just equals the downward pull of gravity, so orbital speed depends on the altitude of the satellite: it goes down with altitude.  (For example, at a typical low-orbit altitude of a couple hundred miles or so, the speed is around 17,000 miles per hour and the orbital period for one orbit is around an hour and a half; the Moon, 238,000 miles away, moves about 2000 mph and takes 28 days to orbit once. For mathematical details, see references on Kepler's Laws.
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if it falls only 10 feet you have a good chance if a long way to fall your stuffed
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Distance from Earth: 384,400 km (238,855 miles), reference NASA.gov (below) I believe this is the mean average since the moon's orbit is elliptical and the distance varies upon where the moon is in it's orbit in relation to the earth. \n\nThere is a perigee (closest) and apogee (farthest) as well. These are 363,300 km (225,700 miles) and 405,500 km (252,000 miles) respectively. Also referenced from NASA.gov (below)
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The defining line between our sky and outer space has been generally accepted to be around 50 miles above the earth. It was established during the first test flights in the 1940s by Chuck Yeager and Scott Crossfield, among others.
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If he falls freely with no rubbing against the walls of the hole he'll gradually speed up until he reaches the center of the earth, then he'll coast on past the center, gradually slowing down until he rises just to the surface of the earth on the other side where he'll come to a stop momentarily.  Then he'll fall back down into the hole and repeat the motion in reverse.  (It will be simple harmonic motion as one of the other responders said.) This will happen over and over.  He won't stop at the center of the earth.  I believe a round trip will take about 90 minutes.
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The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles
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The earth moves around the sun at a mean distance of 93,000,000 miles.\nAnother point of interest, the earth is more than 4500 million years old.
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.2 i believe a decameter= 10 meters
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On even ground, probably a frisbee.\n\nAt the Grand Canyon, probably a rock since it has a long way to drop.\n\nHowever, if you drop something in the ocean where it's very deep (like the Marianas Trench), it will fall for about 6 miles.  That's probably a good place to hide a gimp you don't want anymore.
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Approximately 600 kilometers (372 miles)above the surface of the Earth
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By the pull of earth's gravity
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9 miles\n\nThat's if you were standing at the edge of a calm stretch of water (and you're approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall) - then the horizon is approx. nine miles away.\n\nObviously, if you gain more height you'd see further, and you could actually see things beyond this horizon - if the things are tall enough!
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With the average distance between the Earth and the Moon being 238,857 miles...the total distance of 600 round trips between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 286,628,400 miles.
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Earth's average distance from the sun is a little bit under 93 million miles. The closets the Earth gets to the sun is about 90 million miles and the farthest is about 96 million miles.