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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoNo hover text? Boo! Here it is and I have to admit I don’t understand it: Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles.
minus-squareCodandChips @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoNeil Degrasse Tyson did a Star Talk Explainer recently about Great Circles
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoProbably accounting for the curvature of earths surface.
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThe circles might be the people viewed from above?
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoA great circle is a path that follows a circle of the Earth’s circumference. The shortest distance between two points on Earth is along a great circle
No hover text? Boo!
Here it is and I have to admit I don’t understand it:
Neil Degrasse Tyson did a Star Talk Explainer recently about Great Circles
Probably accounting for the curvature of earths surface.
The circles might be the people viewed from above?
A great circle is a path that follows a circle of the Earth’s circumference. The shortest distance between two points on Earth is along a great circle