earth-moon distance

                        earth-moon distance
                           (not to scale)

     x-----moon's mean geocentric distance 238,854 miles-----x
     |                        230,000                        |
     |                        220,000                        |
     |                        210,000                        |
     |                        200,000                        |
     |                        190,000                        |
     |                        180,000                        |
     |                        170,000                        |
     |                        160,000                        |
     |                        150,000                        |
     |                        140,000                        |
     |                        130,000                        |
     |                        120,000                        |
     |                        110,000                        |
     |                        100,000                        |
     |                         90,000                        |
     |                         80,000                        |
     |                         70,000                        |
     |                         60,000                        |
     |                         50,000                        |
     |                         40,000                        |
     |                         30,000                        |
     x----geostationary orbit ~22,300 miles altitude---------x
     x----mid-altitude orbit  ~12,500 miles altitude---------x
     x----low-altitude orbit up to ~1200 miles altitude------x
     x----nasa space shuttle orbit  ~300 miles altitude------x
     x----intl space station orbit  ~220 miles altitude------x
     x----earth's mean sea level      ~0 miles altitude------x
     x----earth's mean geocenter  ~3,960 miles depth bsl-----x

e.g., geostationary orbit is one hundred (~100) times farther away
from the earth than the intl. space station orbit (i.e. 22000/220),
the moon is approximately one _thousand_ (1000) times farther away
than corporeal (organic) life-sustainable altitude above the earth,
as angels sojourn beyond the earth naturally, but not in the flesh