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George, and others who may be interested --

Remember we navigators are sensitive to terminology (negative
longitudes, assumed positions, dip, index mirrors, etc.).  So please
don't call the two fixes "ambiguous" in the 2-body problem.  The key
point that everyone needs to agree on is, that, given only the
altitudes of two bodies and their coordinates, there are TWO
UNAMBIGUOUS fixes.  Other than outside information, no computer code,
no reformulation of the equations, can distinguish between these two
fixes.  Does anyone on the List disagree with that??  If so, tell me
where I'm going astray.

And Frank --

You may have not have found any student confused by the concept of
assumed position.  But just try asking any CN navigator why we use an
assumed position in the intercept method, and I'll bet you'll find
that at least 98% of them respond with a misconception.  Of course, I
may be wrong; I'm only by going by all the CN books I've read.  Then
again, as a CN navigator, I may be a bit too sensitive.

JK


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