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  2. Geocentric orbit - Wikipedia

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    Geocentric orbits with altitudes at apogee higher than 100 km (62 mi) and perigee that intersects with the defined atmosphere. [8] Low Earth orbit (LEO) Geocentric orbits ranging in altitude from 160 km (100 mi) to 2,000 km (1,200 mi) above mean sea level. At 160 km, one revolution takes approximately 90 minutes, and the circular orbital speed ...

  3. Geosynchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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    A geostationary equatorial orbit (GEO) is a circular geosynchronous orbit in the plane of the Earth's equator with a radius of approximately 42,164 km (26,199 mi) (measured from the center of the Earth). [21]: 156 A satellite in such an orbit is at an altitude of approximately 35,786 km (22,236 mi) above mean sea level. It maintains the same ...

  4. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  5. Miles per hour - Wikipedia

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    Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour.It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.

  6. Kilometres per hour - Wikipedia

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    Speed limit sign in the Republic of Ireland, using "km/h.". The SI representations, classified as symbols, are "km/h", "km h −1" and "km·h −1".Several other abbreviations of "kilometres per hour" have been used since the term was introduced and many are still in use today; for example, dictionaries list "kph", [3] [4] [5] "kmph" and "km/hr" [6] as English abbreviations.

  7. Li (unit) - Wikipedia

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    As in Greek, the number "ten thousand" is used figuratively in Chinese to mean any "immeasurable" value and this title has never provided a literal distance of 10,000 li (5,000 km or 3,100 mi). The actual length of the modern Great Wall is around 42,000 li (21,000 km or 13,000 mi), over 4 times the name's proverbially "immeasurable" length.

  8. KMH - Wikipedia

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    km/h may refer to: kilometres per hour, a unit of speed; km/h (TV series), a Quebec television sitcom This page was last edited on 4 November 2021, at 08:22 (UTC). ...

  9. Light-second - Wikipedia

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    186 282 mi The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy , telecommunications and relativistic physics . It is defined as the distance that light travels in free space in one second , and is equal to exactly 299 792 458 m (approximately 983 571 055 ft or 186 282 miles ).