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To: TangoLimaSierra

RE: The “declination” meter on that page.

Is that the rate at which it is falling toward earth a toward the horizon?

1,772 posted on 01/06/2022 6:51:28 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (This is NOT a pandemic of the unvaxx'd. It is a complete loss of common sense.)

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

RE: The “declination” meter on that page. Is that the rate at which it is falling toward earth a toward the horizon?

No. I think that has to do with present position. At least, that's what I recall from my shallow study of navigation decades ago.

1,775 posted on 01/06/2022 6:58:04 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

declination is normally the angle from the horizon to the object

1,869 posted on 01/06/2022 11:59:00 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)

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