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302429 (v.1) Air Navigation 281


 

Area:

Department of Spatial Sciences

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Elementary and historical aspects of solar astronomy, geodesy and cartography. Fundamentals of astronomy. Relationship between universal, sidereal, atomic and GPS time. Celestial and terrestrial coordinate systems. Solution of the astronomical triangle, and determination of azimuth, altitude and time. Kepler's equation. Applied solar astronomy. Mathematical treatment of map projections. Spherical trigonometry, formulae and solutions of Great Circle navigation problems.
 

Unit Outcomes:

No unit outcomes provided.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

No unit assessment breakdown provided.

Field of Education:

 19900 Other Natural and Physical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Not Online  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


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