> And the satellites, being at 100x higher altitude, are 100x more spread out than the airplanes.
This doesn't feel right. Shouldn't the right frame of reference be the distance to the center of the earth, not the sea level? Then it is not a 100x difference, but more like a 10% one.
This doesn't feel right. Shouldn't the right frame of reference be the distance to the center of the earth, not the sea level? Then it is not a 100x difference, but more like a 10% one.