Re: CALIPSO - I missed the target longitude

From: rfenske@swri.org
Date: Fri Sep 08 2006 - 19:56:41 EDT

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On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Tom Wagner wrote:

> (2) Will the longitudinal geocentric to geodetic adjustment for this 
> particular satellite always be the same for my location? If it is then I 
> would think I would only need to add or subtract so much E-W distance to 
> whatever I come up with using TheSky.

Geocentric and geodetic longitudes are the same.  Only the latitudes differs.

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