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minus-squarehoherd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·17 hours agoIn the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoAnd an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·16 hours agoAll you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.
In the middle of the ocean? Wouldn’t that require a sextant, night time, and a lot of expertise?
And an extremely accurate clock (depending on how accurate you want your location to be).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
All you really need is to see the Jovian eclipses.