On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:41:55 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
><< Said parameters, IIRC, define the orbit, but not where in
>the orbit the bird will be at any given moment. Not very useful. >>
>
>Actually, the reduced set is very useful to those attempting to fit an
>observation to an orbit for either orbit determination or recognition
>purposes. It's a number of variables - number of equations issue.
Hadn't thought of it that way. Since it's the UN, though, I imagine
it's for collision avoidance.
-R
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