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Re: The elegant 2 body fix
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Jun 5, 01:54 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2005 Jun 5, 01:54 +1000
> From: Fred Hebard > Peter, > > In pseudocode, or pseudomath, I was wondering about d(alt)/d(az) for > various spots and times on the earth, and wondering whether the slope > is appropriate for the limited precision of azimuth determinations. > Using only altitude, as you propose, it seems that the problem is > underdetermined: trying to fit more variables than are observed. Here > you are proposing using d(alt)/d(DR,t) to find DR. However, as I said, > I haven't worked this out and am proceeding on a very rough, very > ill-honed intuition. > > fred Fred Give it a go. Summer is heading your way. Let us know how it works out. Peter
