Physical constants for Earth. More...

Static Public Attributes
static const double	Radius = 6378100.0
	Radius of spherical Earth (metres)

static const double	RadiusSquared = 40680159610000.0
	Radius^2 (m^2)

static const double	Diameter = 12756200.0
	Diameter of spherical Earth (metres)

static const double	DiameterSquared = 162720638440000.0
	Diameter^2 (m^2)

static const double	CubeSideLength = Radius * (2.0 / (sqrt(3.0)))
	Edge length of cube tightly bounding the Earth sphere (metres)

static const double	CubeSideLengthHalf = 0.5 * CubeSideLength
	Half edge length of cube tightly bounding the Earth sphere (metres)

static const double	CubeSideLengthHalfSquared = CubeSideLengthHalf * CubeSideLengthHalf
	CubeSideLengthHalf^2.

static const double	CubeSideDiagonalLengthHalf = sqrt(CubeSideLengthHalfSquared * 2.0)
	For a face on Earth bounding cube, the distance from centre of the face to a vertex on that face (metres)

static const double	MaxElevation = 8848.0
	Altitude above sea level of highest point on Earth's crust (metres)

Detailed Description

Physical constants for Earth.

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Static Public Attributes