COMS. PERS,SOLAR SYSTEM ASTR 2 PKG
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Author: Bennett
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing
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Chapter S1, Problem 35EAP
Find Your Way Home. Roles: Scribe (takes notes on the group’s activities). Proposer (proposes methods for the group). Skeptic (points out weaknesses in proposed methods), Moderator (leads group discussion and makes sure everyone contributes). Activity: You are an international spy who has been captured by a criminal mastermind anti flown to a secret compound. You escape . . . but all you have is a watch (set to your previous local time), a star chart, and a world map (marked with longitude and latitude). How do you figure out where you are? How could you use celestial navigation to find your way home?
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