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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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Revision as of 17:08, July 20, 2007
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.