I think you mean 64x the radius of the Earth, not 1/64 the radius.
The radius of the Earth is 6,378km, I don’t think you mean that a circle with the diameter of the lunar orbit is 1/64 of that, or about 100km.
Additionally, even if you mean 64x larger, it’s still not quite correct. The average diameter of the lunar orbit is 768,000km. 1/64 of that is 12,000km.
What you probably meant to say was the average radius of the lunar orbit is approximately equal to 64x the radius of Earth, or that the radius of Earth is about 1/64 the average radius of the lunar orbit.
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I think you mean 64x the radius of the Earth, not 1/64 the radius.
The radius of the Earth is 6,378km, I don’t think you mean that a circle with the diameter of the lunar orbit is 1/64 of that, or about 100km.
Additionally, even if you mean 64x larger, it’s still not quite correct. The average diameter of the lunar orbit is 768,000km. 1/64 of that is 12,000km.
What you probably meant to say was the average radius of the lunar orbit is approximately equal to 64x the radius of Earth, or that the radius of Earth is about 1/64 the average radius of the lunar orbit.