Re: Questions for John Sefton

From	moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
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Subject	Re: Questions for John Sefton
Date	2016-01-22 19:01 +0000
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Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> writes:

>On 1/22/2016 11:44 AM, john wrote:
>> I think they're called Great Circles, Odd.
>>

>Lissajous figures? no.
>The trajectories you've drawn? no.

A great circle is a circle on the surface of a sphere whose center is the
same as the center of the sphere.

The shortest distance between two points on Earth lies on the great circle
containing them.  The shortest distance between NYC and Hong Kong goes
right through the North Pole.  Ho Ho Ho! Don't be fooled by flat maps!

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      Re: Questions for John Sefton Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 16:40 -0600
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                Re: Questions for John Sefton moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-01-21 18:00 +0000
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              Re: Questions for John Sefton HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 06:55 -0800
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                Re: Questions for John Sefton Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 14:46 -0600
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