Re: [ATM] perfect foucault results

["David Harbour" <stainless_steel@suddenlink.net>]

Bob-

This is provided for in your copy on your site of my article, "Understanding 
Foucault".

The rest of your comments are of course true, also (but not well known, 
surpisingly).

http://bobmay.astronomy.net/foucault/harbour1.htm

Hang in there Bob. We all hang on your wisdom.

R-101/David Harbour


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob May" <rmay@nethere.com>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>; "Bob May" <rmay@nethere.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] perfect foucault results


> Did you take into account that the numbers for a moving source
> are half the numbers for a stationary source???  If you
> calculated the numbrs for a moving source (roc of each zone) then
> the numbers are half of what the results should be for the
> stationary source.  In addition, the numbers for a stationary
> source will be slight different for very fast mirrors as you are
> actually measuring a slight ellipsoid surface rather than a true
> ROC  of what a parabola would be.
> Bob May
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