From f8e3d5a6858532787b13c25677e64c08a8ab504f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luisa <luisa.coakley@lasp.colorado.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:18:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update number of earth r to cull

---
 imap_processing/ultra/constants.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/imap_processing/ultra/constants.py b/imap_processing/ultra/constants.py
index d41cd0ff5..5576478de 100644
--- a/imap_processing/ultra/constants.py
+++ b/imap_processing/ultra/constants.py
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@ class UltraConstants:
 
     # For spatiotemporal culling
     EARTH_RADIUS_KM: float = 6378.1
-    N_RE = 50
+    N_RE = 60
     DEFAULT_EARTH_CULLING_RADIUS = EARTH_RADIUS_KM * N_RE