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Re: Altitudes, close to 90
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 24, 14:23 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 24, 14:23 -0500
The formula I gave in my previous message is correct but my interpretation of it is totally WRONG: On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > The source of error is that you cannot determine precisely > the point on the horizon which is exactly "below" the body. and also wrote: > When h is close to 90 deg, this error becomes large. This is not so. Sorry. I am looking for a correct explanation. Alex.