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The distance of the moon from the center of the earth is calculated from its height at mid-day, both its apparent and true height, and the radius of the earth.
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Von Guericke, O. (1994). The Distance of the Moon from the Center of the Earth. In: The New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke. Archives Internationales D’Histoire Des Idées / International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 137. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2010-4_21
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