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by mvilim 2853 days ago
Sorry, dropped a k on that 42. Should be 42k km. Though there are clearly no calculations here, using the distance from the center of the earth is standard for gravitational calculation. It makes more sense to say that the ISS is 7000km/42000km=1/6th of the distance to a geosynchronous orbit than to say it's 400km/35000km=1/90th.