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Re: NOW what?
From: Richard L. Stinson
Date: 2015 Aug 14, 20:07 -0400
From: Richard L. Stinson
Date: 2015 Aug 14, 20:07 -0400
Great point! Rick
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Alexandre Eremenko <NoReply_Eremenko@fer3.com> wrote:
This article is very confusing: the prime meridian cannot be wrong. The prime meridian is arbitrary (unlike the equator). Where you decide to draw it there it will be. That GPS designers decided to place it differently from the 18 century astronomers, and why did they do this, the article does not explain. Alex. ________________________________________ From: NavList@fer3.com [NavList@fer3.com] on behalf of Norm Goldblatt [NoReply_Goldblatt@fer3.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 5:16 PM To: eremenko---.edu Subject: [NavList] NOW what? http://www.iflscience.com/prime-meridian-greenwich-wrong-place [PLAIN TEXT VERSION OF MESSAGE AUTO-GENERATED. ORIGINAL MAY INCLUDE MORE CONTENT] ---------------------------------------------------------------- NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList Members may optionally receive posts by email. To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/NOW-what-Goldblatt-aug-2015-g32436
