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Re: Delta-T
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Dec 3, 21:03 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Dec 3, 21:03 -0500
On Dec 3, 2004, at 7:00 PM, George Huxtable wrote: > In reply to my posting about the long-term unpredictability of > planetary > orbits, Alex replied > >> ...I thought you were still talking about Tycho Brahe or anything >> else of >> "practical importance". > > ================ > > .... > > But in terms of celestial navigation, not of "practical importance". > Nor > was Tycho Brahe's contribution. > > George. > I would say that Tycho Brahe's studies were fundamental to celestial navigation as we know it, although not directly. Fred