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newnewpdro | 6 years ago

Strange for that wikipedia page to not contain a single graphic representation of what's being described.

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jacobwilliamroy|6 years ago

The DIAMETER of such an area is very roughly 12 percent of Earth's CIRCUMFERENCE. So you could (probably) lay 8 of these areas around the equator, give or take a a couple.

oefrha|6 years ago

The earth’s circumference is ~4E4 km; the diameter of this circle is ~8E3 km. That’s 20%, not 2%. 2% would be utter madness.

rdlw|6 years ago

20%, not 2%. So just under 5 would stretch around the equator.