"beerbarrel" wrote in message

It wasn't a trick. He might have been on the Moon in which case the Earth
would be in a constellation.


Then you should have asked what constellation it would have been in
tonight it would be changing constantly.

The Moon takes about 28 days to orbit the Earth. There are about 14
"zodiacal"
constellations that the Earth could be in. So it would be in any given
constellation for roughly 2 days. So an answer to what constellation Earth
was in on *that* particular day would have sufficed.

In fact, I've cranked up my Redshift program, set it to my post of 1716 UTC
2 JAN 05 and set up my location as the Moon. I then asked it to find the
Earth in the sky. It was in Pisces as you can see he

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zredshift.htm
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Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Never ask an Irishman for directions! I am Scotch Irish by ancestry and
sure as the World,you would get lost every time :{)
cuhulin

Simon Mason wrote:

"beerbarrel" wrote in message

It wasn't a trick. He might have been on the Moon in which case the Earth
would be in a constellation.


Then you should have asked what constellation it would have been in
tonight it would be changing constantly.

The Moon takes about 28 days to orbit the Earth. There are about 14
"zodiacal"
constellations that the Earth could be in. So it would be in any given
constellation for roughly 2 days. So an answer to what constellation Earth
was in on *that* particular day would have sufficed.

In fact, I've cranked up my Redshift program, set it to my post of 1716 UTC
2 JAN 05 and set up my location as the Moon. I then asked it to find the
Earth in the sky. It was in Pisces as you can see he

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/zredshift.htm

Next we'll be getting into horoscopes! ;-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"beerbarrel" wrote in message
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The fact is, from his vantage point the Earth will never be in a
constellation. What if he had been aboard the ISS?

Earth would be in about 40 constellations at once :-)

--
Simon M.

In article hqdCd.13035$622.3888@lakeread02,
Jack Painter wrote:
"Joel Rubin" wrote
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:03:24 -0500, "HankG" wrote:

Just curious. Anyone know what the longest GC distance from any point on
Earth to any other point?

Of course, the original definition (not the current definition) of the
meter was 1/10-millionth of the distance between the north pole and
the quator. So, presumably, the distance from pole to pole is 20
million meters or 20,000 km.

The earth is not quite a sphere - I believe the equator is slightly
longer than a circle of longitude.

I was not aware there was ever any intention to make a kilometer relational
to a nautical mile. It is not, and is just as arbitrary a length of
measurement in relationship to a nautical mile (which derives from the
spherical geometry of all modern positioning) as the statute (English) mile.
Metric arithmetic is certainly easier (for humans, computers could care
less) than statute miles. But both are arbitrary as far as latitude and
longitude are concerned and each require an equal effort of arithmetic to
convert to nautical miles. Air and marine charts use nautical miles for this
reason.

Duh. The nautical mile is tied to the babylonian units for angle.
(1 minute of arc on the earths surface is one nautical mile.
Which arc they used varied, so different countries nautical miles
were a bit different).

The metric system uses the Grad, where the circle is divided into.
400 units.

1 Grad of Latitude = 100 km.

I thought the military used Grads, but maybe that's just Army Artillery.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

Not me,I don't believe in that Phoney Baloney horoscope stuff.Or ufos or
space aliens either.
cuhulin

"beerbarrel" wrote in message
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Have you looked at macholz(sp) yet?

"Simon Mason" wrote in message news:...

"beerbarrel" wrote in message
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Have you looked at macholz(sp) yet?

Not yet. I only found out about it the other day and it's been cloudy since.
I should able to see it out of my window now except for these darn clouds.

--
Simon M.

"beerbarrel" wrote in message
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Have you looked at macholz(sp) yet?

Comet Machholz? Not yet. I only found out about it the other day and it's
been cloudy since. I should able to see it out of my window now except for
these darn clouds.

--
Simon M.

A married Irish woman whom I have known via the internet for over five
years.She works for a govt department in Bognor Regis,England.She says
it's allways ****in rain over there.
cuhulin