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The solar system:
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1 law Kepler: Planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one of the foci
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2 law Kepler: Radius vector sun-earth sweeps out equal areas in equal time
Sun’s declination:
Angle between earth’s equator & sun rays
Northerly: Daylight in S hemisphere shorter
Angular distance of the sun N/S of the celestial equator
Sun’s position relative to the plane of the Equator
Plane of ecliptic:
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Plane of which the earth travels around the sun, the earth’s axis is 23
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5 inclination with the ecliptic plane
Yearly apparent path of the SUN around the EARTH
Inclination is the main reason for occurrence of the seasons
Apparent sun: Visible sun, always in the plane of ecliptic
Mean sun: Fictitious sun coinciding each year at spring equinox & travelling along celestial equator at uniform/constant speed
Difference between mean sun & apparent sun highest in February & November
Midnight sun: Sun visible for 24 hours
Perihelion: Closest, beginning of January [Highest speed of earth’s orbit]
Aphelion: Furthest, beginning of July
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Cancer/Capricorn: 23
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5N/S
Equinoxes: Length of day/night & rate of change of declination of the sun highest
Spring: Declination = 0
Autumn: Declination = 0
Earth’s rotation: Viewed from above North Pole = Counter clockwise
Solstice: Summer/winter, point when sun reaches its highest/lowest declination
Sidereal day: Describe a relationship concerning the stars
Apparent solar day: Varies continuously due to tilt of Earth’s axis & elliptical orbit around the sun
Solar system doesn’t include stars
The earth:
1NM = 1
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Diameter = 12700km
Circumference: 21600NM
Halfway between two points, GCT = RLT
Convergence of meridians: Angular difference between meridians
Convergence angle: Angular difference between RLT & GCT
Great circle track (Orthodrome, radio bearings)
Rhumb line closer to equator
GC run through area of higher latitude
GC shorter than RL
Small circle: Does not pass earth’s axis
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5deg) has the least effect on the amount of daylight with latitude
change
Directions:
NH
SH
PW
E
W
PE
W
E
First convert reference meridian to 000 prime meridian (Grid track + reference)
Convergency east true least, convergency west true best
True track increase NH, decreases SH
Grid convergence = Difference in direction between Grid North & True North
Grid convergence westerly: TN west of GN/for positions East of the grid datum meridian on NH
Grid convergence easterly: TN east of GN
Wind correction: R is (+) & L is (-)
True north: Direction of observer’s meridian to the North Pole, orientation of local meridian
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Magnetic North moves 1 in 5 years
Earth is a magnet with the blue pole at the North Pole (North Canada) and direction of magnetic force straight down to earth’s
surface
Field direction is from magnet’s red pole to the magnet’s blue pole
Magnetic compass most effective midway between magnetic poles
Force acting on a needle of a DRC is directly proportional to horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field
Total magnetic force strongest at the poles
Directive force: Resultant magnetic force in the horizontal plane in the position where the compass is installed
Increasing magnetic latitude = Increasing inclination & vertical component of the field
Horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field:
Maximum at magnetic equator
Very small at the poles
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Approximately the same at 50 N & 50 S
Equals to total strength at magnetic equator
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Magnetic variation is max at 180
Magnetic variation westerly is negative (-), easterly is positive (+)
Variation is east when MN is east of TN
Magnetic equator: Horizontal & total strength of magnetic field are the same
Magnetic meridi

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