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Re: A celestial navigation problem
From: Stan K
Date: 2011 Nov 17, 14:37 -0500
From: Stan K
Date: 2011 Nov 17, 14:37 -0500
Gary,
In fact, the original problem had no watch error or index error, because I was not trying to emphasize those nits at that time. When I finally decided to make it a "complete" problem I added those errors.
Yes, practically speaking, you knew where you were after the first approximation, but for educational purposes the students have to do better.
Stan
In fact, the original problem had no watch error or index error, because I was not trying to emphasize those nits at that time. When I finally decided to make it a "complete" problem I added those errors.
Yes, practically speaking, you knew where you were after the first approximation, but for educational purposes the students have to do better.
Stan
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From: Gary LaPook <garylapook@pacbell.net>
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Subject: [NavList] Re: A celestial navigation problem
From: Gary LaPook <garylapook@pacbell.net>
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Sent: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 2:09 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: A celestial navigation problem
That explains it since my position came out slightly west of the island. It should have alerted me to go back and check my work. BTW, I bring up from time to time the question of how precisely you need to know your position. The first approximation, 11.5° S, 150° W , coupled with standing on dry land is all the information you need to determine you are on Flint Island since no other island is near those coordinates. gl --- On Thu, 11/17/11, slk1000@aol.com <slk1000@aol.com> wrote:
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