RE: Going to teach satellite observing to youngsters

From: Bill Frost (billfrost@bigpond.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2006 - 05:28:43 EDT

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    Hi Tom,
    
    This is a great opportunity to educate young minds. The device you refer to
    is a satellite altimeter and the URL was posted by Scott Campbell in
    January.
    
    http://www.coastalbend.edu/acdem/math/sats/sat_altim.htm
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Tom Wagner [mailto:sciteach@mchsi.com] 
    Subject: Going to teach satellite observing to youngsters
    
    <snip> . . . using a simple handheld protractor of sorts to estimate a
    satellite's orbital height.
    
    Bill Frost
    Canberra, Australia
    
    
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