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The actual average earth-moon distance is about 384,000km, and earth's diameter is about 128,800km. how many earth diameters is the distance from earth-moon?

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The actual average earth-moon distance is about 384,000km, and earth's diameter is about 128,800km. how many earth diameters is the distance from earth-moon?

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