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Virtues of the Haversine

Sinnott, R. W. (1984). Virtues of the Haversine. Sky & Telescope.

Type
Journal article
Intellectual base
Primary research
Year
1984
Link
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984S&T....68..158S/abstract

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Domain-specific

  • Haversine Formula
    • Roger Sinnott's classic numerical note emphasized that virtue

      This sourceThe short numerical note that popularized the haversine form for its retention of precision at small angular separations, demonstrated by computing the Mizar-Alcor separation on a low-precision machine. Bibliographic caution: the page is given as 158 by NASA ADS and as 159 by other citation sources; the article's References list currently says 159.

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