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Subject: Re: accuracy of automatic celestial navigation
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes (rodneym@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 09:14:26 EST
Thanks to Paul Hirose for a most informative post. Just one thing
bothers me:
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:07:34 -0800, Paul Hirose wrote:
>
>Earth's lumpy gravitational field is indeed a factor in inertial
>navigation; it has to be stored in some sort of internal map or table.
>
I don't understand how the earth's lumpy gravitation could affect
inertia in a B2. I know it goes pretty fast, but it would have to get
close to the speed of light for relativistic effects to become
comparable to the drift of the ANS. Am I missing something?
Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a
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