Re: Zenit RB decay observed ?

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Oct 14 2000 - 11:57:33 PDT

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I said...

>... At such a height, the horizon
>is depressed below the horizontal by almost exactly 3 degrees - or put
>another way, the horizon is at an angular zenith distance of 93 degrees.
>At a range of 856 km and a height of 87 degrees, I get a zenith distance
>for the object of 88.7 degrees (observer at 33,000 ft), corresponding to
>an angle above the apparent horizon of 4.3 degrees.

Oops, I meant to say "At a range of 856 km and a height of 87 km", not 87
degrees! Thanks to Russell Eberst for spotting that one.

Alan
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