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Re: The Great Circle Challenge
From: Samuel L
Date: 2014 Dec 26, 18:22 -0800
From: Samuel L
Date: 2014 Dec 26, 18:22 -0800
Course- 0d ("over the top")
Distance- 3600 nm
Distance formuala-
60 x (90- sin-1(sin(58d 45min) x sin(61d 15min) + cos(58d 45min) x cos(61d 15min) x cos(180d))
Course formula-
tan-1(sin(180) / (cos(61d 15min) x tan(58d 45min) - (sin(61d 15min) x cos(180))
Time to figure this out- 5 minutes
Sam L.
