20 km (13 mi) is a large distance to us.Relative to earth’s radius, however, 20 km is small.

Radius of earth = 6371 km (3982 mi)

Diameter of earth ­ 12,700 km

20 km /6400 km ­ 0.003

20 km ­ 0.03% Earth’s radius

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