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Wobbly Prime Meridian
From: Scott O´Connor
Date: 2010 Nov 22, 05:53 -0800
From: Scott O´Connor
Date: 2010 Nov 22, 05:53 -0800
I recently stood astride the Prime Meridian at Greenwich and fired up my Garmin Nuvi GPS. The coordinates read N 51 28.674' W 000 00.088'. Why the error? Is this due to nutation wobble? If so, when would it read exactly zero? How far off is this in nautical miles? It would appear to be far too minimal to consider for celestial nav work with a sextant, but is this a consideration? thanks very much.
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