[ARC5] Re: [The WS No.19 Group] Re: What did they talk to ??

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Tue May 3 23:09:48 EDT 2005


I stopped where I did, just to show the comparison with the original table. No other reasons. The original table just rounded them. My point was to show the naivety of the original table.

-John



Brian Clarke wrote:

> C'mon fellas,
>
> ...this table/formula takes no account of Fresnel refraction at the horizon, and is an
> approximation for short distances and a totally spherical Earth. So, why stop at just
> four significant digits?  [snip]
>
> ..



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