On Sun, 01 Dec 2013, Roger Nelson wrote to mark lewis:


 RN>> Apparently someone jumped the gun and it had to be the same 
 RN>> person who said "The sky is falling!".  I think it
was because it 
 RN>> was on the far side where it could not be seen.

 ml> with the numbers of birds looking at and for it, there really 
 ml> wasn't any chance for it to be on the "far side" ;)

 RN> You seem to be contradicting yourself here.

i do? three birds sitting at 33% spacing around the orbit can easily see
all the way around the sun... i don't know how my comment above is
contradictory...

 ml> look at page 2 of this pdf and you'll see that three satellites at 
 ml> 1/3rd positions easily cover the whole viewing area ;)

 ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/files/docs/wkshop/battams_soho_stereo.pdf

 ml> it is only 16 pages and pretty informative...

 ml> also, there's this link with several good blog writeups...

 ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/

 ml> In ISON's Wake, a Trail of Questions -> 
 ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/a-trail-of-questions

 RN> Thanks for the links.

you are welcome ;)

 RN> I'll have a look, but since they didn't come from NASA, they can't 
 RN> be counted as authentic.

errrmmm... NASA isn't the finaly authority on comments ;)

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