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Re: CN on Mars
From: UNK
Date: 2016 Feb 6, 08:31 -0800
From: UNK
Date: 2016 Feb 6, 08:31 -0800
Amongst the 57 Nav Stars Deneb is the closest, but it is roughly 10 degrees away from the Marsian Pole.
I can't follow the logic in the text snipped. How can he deduce which star is over the pole from knowing the inclination of the axis alone? Something is missing.
Herbert Prinz