s2_earth_radius_meters: Earth Constants
In s2: Spherical Geometry Operators Using the S2 Geometry Library

s2_earth_radius_meters

R Documentation

Earth Constants

Description

According to Yoder (1995), the radius of the earth is 6371.01 km. These functions are used to set the default radis for functions that return a distance or accept a distance as input (e.g., s2_distance() and s2_dwithin()).

Usage

s2_earth_radius_meters()

References

Yoder, C.F. 1995. "Astrometric and Geodetic Properties of Earth and the Solar System" in Global Earth Physics, A Handbook of Physical Constants, AGU Reference Shelf 1, American Geophysical Union, Table 2. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1029/RF001p0001")}