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Re: Basics of computing sunrise/sunset
From: Bill B
Date: 2009 Jun 27, 16:22 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2009 Jun 27, 16:22 -0400
Marcel Tschudin wrote: > OK, I give it a try. Thank you for your response. Your response goes a long way in answering my questions. I feel I may have stated the question(s) poorly. My understanding were the balloons were hypothetical ("imaginary") so placement was not a problem. More importantly, I was reacting to a string of balloons to the GP of the setting sun (About 5400 nautical miles away). > But in theory: Assume you know the athmospheric conditions to > "the horizon" and beyond right up to GP of the sun, i.e. you are able to > monitor these conditions for this entire stretch; say you have an imaginary > string of weather balloons thousands of miles long. That seemed unnecessary to me. I wrote, "In my mental picture, I am not wrapping my vision along the surface of the Earth. I have a line of sight from my eye position to the Sun, which will run out of atmosphere *long* before 5400 nm or the 93 million miles to the Sun. Therefore I would want a series of hypothetical weather balloons along my line of site." Am I less obtuse now? Thanks Bill B. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---