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Re: accuracy of automatic celestial navigation
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Dec 9, 09:14 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Dec 9, 09:14 -0500
Thanks to Paul Hirose for a most informative post. Just one thing bothers me: On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:07:34 -0800, Paul Hirose wrote: > >Earth's lumpy gravitational field is indeed a factor in inertial >navigation; it has to be stored in some sort of internal map or table. > I don't understand how the earth's lumpy gravitation could affect inertia in a B2. I know it goes pretty fast, but it would have to get close to the speed of light for relativistic effects to become comparable to the drift of the ANS. Am I missing something? Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a "Never eat more in a single day than your head weighs." --Jim Harrison
