Distance between two geographical points

haversine_distance.py

from math import cos, asin, sqrt

def distance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2):
    # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
    p = 0.017453292519943295
    a = 0.5 - cos((lat2-lat1)*p)/2 + cos(lat1*p)*cos(lat2*p) * (1-cos((lon2-lon1)*p)) / 2
    return 12742 * asin(sqrt(a))

def closest(data, v):
    return min(data, key=lambda p: distance(v['lat'],v['lon'],p['lat'],p['lon']))

tempDataList = [{'lat': 39.7612992, 'lon': -86.1519681}, 
                {'lat': 39.762241,  'lon': -86.158436 }, 
                {'lat': 39.7622292, 'lon': -86.1578917}]

v = {'lat': 39.7622290, 'lon': -86.1519750}
print(closest(tempDataList, v))