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Re: Ocean Navigator Online
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Sep 19, 15:45 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Sep 19, 15:45 +1000
Was assuming the year to use was 2000, the year the
problem was published, as is usual.
----- Original Message -----From: Noyce, BillSent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:53 PMSubject: Re: Ocean Navigator OnlineI didn't see any mention of the year in the Ocean Navigator Onlineproblem. Shouldn't we expect star GHA to slip about 15 minutesper 365-day year, and recover 45 minutes in a 366-day year? Canthis explain the discrepancies?