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From: Vic Fraenckel (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 21:27:12 EDT
I saw this posted on sci.geo.satellit-nav today. Any comments?
>I was reading about the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England. It is
>marked by Airy's Transit Circle at the Royal Observatory. In this age of
> centimeter accuracy, does continental drift affect the position of the
>prime meridian? It is moving at 2 to 5 cm / year, relative to the mantle.
Vic
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