Posted by nathan on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:30am.
Use the inverse square law.
(Re/R)^2 = 0.6
R is measured from the center of the Earth and Re is the earth's radius.
Solve for R, and then R - Re will be the distance above the surface
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