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| − | Interplanetary Triangulation is triangulation is used to determine the location of an unknown point, by forming a [[triangle]] having the unknown point and two known points at the three verticies. | + | '''Interplanetary Triangulation''' is triangulation is used to determine the location of an unknown point, by forming a [[triangle]] having the unknown point and two known points at the three verticies. |
Interplanetary triangulation extends this concept to determining the location of a point in space by using orbiting spacecraft as the two known points of the triangle. | Interplanetary triangulation extends this concept to determining the location of a point in space by using orbiting spacecraft as the two known points of the triangle. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:24, July 13, 2016
Interplanetary Triangulation is triangulation is used to determine the location of an unknown point, by forming a triangle having the unknown point and two known points at the three verticies.
Interplanetary triangulation extends this concept to determining the location of a point in space by using orbiting spacecraft as the two known points of the triangle.