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Earth radius is the distance from Earth's center to its surface, about 6,371 km (3,959 mi). This length is also used as a unit of distance, especially in astronomy and geology, where it is usually denoted by R⊕.
The light-hour 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 onehour, and is equal to exactly 1.0792528488×1012 metres.