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A Decimal System of Celestial Navigation Based on the Second

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1985

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The purpose of this note is to outline a system of celestial navigation which is both decimal and coherent. In a decimal system there can only be one unit, with its decimal multiples and submultiples, for measuring any quantity. It follows that a decimal system of celestial navigation requires one unit for measuring time and one unit for measuring arc. In a coherent system these units must be related by a factor of one.

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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1985

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