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Re: Advancing a position circle
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 17, 10:14 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 17, 10:14 +1000
> From: George Huxtable > ... those positions are no longer on a circle. And the > discrepancy from a circle is not by an infinitesimal amount, either. > but by something over 14 miles, after a shift of only 60 miles. WHY is this so?