Ooops! A little correction.

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Jacob Samorodin — 7/8/2004 8:02:15 PM (archived)

In the equation I used, The 206,265 should be the denominator, not the numerator.

So, using the corrected equation, I'll use more realistic values.
Altitude: 400 km [250 miles up]
Near-infrared resolution: 0.2 arc-seconds

O.2 arc-seconds x [400,000 meters] / 206,265 = 0.4 meters [16 inches] smallest resolvable object.

Jacob

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It's time to kill some techno-myths. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 6:37:17 PM
- Ooops! A little correction. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 8:02:15 PM
- re: It's time to kill some techno-myths. - Larry J - 7/8/2004 7:51:50 PM
  - That I understand. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 8:27:57 PM
- re: UAVs - Raoul - 7/8/2004 7:03:10 PM
  - Not only that... - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 7:48:48 PM

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