On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 00:04, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:32:10PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: > > My dictionary (American Heritage College Dictionary) sz they're > > synonyms. Save your valuable exemption for a real error :) > > And American Heritage Dictionary also screws up the definition of > "hacker," giving it the meaning of "cracker." This should be a clue > in this group. Use dict instead, as you can (usually) get multiple > sources for the definition (geosynchronous and geostationary being an > exception, apparently). > > All geostationary orbits are also geosynchronous, but not all > geosynchronous orbits are geostationary. > > baloo@ursine:~$ dict geosynchronous > 1 definition found > > From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]: > > geosynchronous > adj : of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours > (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed > with respect to the earth) > > baloo@ursine:~$ dict geostationary > 1 definition found > > From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]: > > geostationary > adj : of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the > position > in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth; "a > geostationary satellite"
Ah ha! The satellite can be in a polar orbit at 35,000 (38,000?) Km, so would be geosynchronous but not geostationary. Does American Heritage have a BTS? -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ ron.l.johnson | | | | "For me and windows it became a matter of easy to start | | with, and becoming increasingly difficult to be produc- | | tive as time went on, and if something went wrong very | | difficult to fix, compared to linux's large over head | | setting up and learning the system with ease of use and | | the increase in productivity becoming larger the longer I | | use the system." | | Rohan Nicholls , The Netherlands | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
