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Re: Sextant accuracies
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Mar 17, 22:05 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Mar 17, 22:05 EST
In a message dated 3/17/2003 9:13:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, ffive@TPG.COM.AU writes:
Yes, and any point on that circle will form the same angle with the 2 objects. That is why you know that you are somewhere on that circle, because you have plotted all possibilities that will form that angle.
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Just to see if I've got this (un)clear. We end up with part of the
circumference of a circle, the circular LOP, which runs through the 2
objects?
Yes, and any point on that circle will form the same angle with the 2 objects. That is why you know that you are somewhere on that circle, because you have plotted all possibilities that will form that angle.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
