Japan:G.P.S. 8 feet off -Earth axis is tilted 4 inches more

Sat Mar 12 13:56:58 CST 2011

On 3/12/2011 12:04 PM, Louis Mamakos wrote:
> Hmm... wouldn't this measurement make more sense expressed in 
> arc-seconds?  Or did we jump 8 feet closer to the moon or something? 
>  I'm pretty sure that I don't have to worry about spring coming any 
> sooner, or have to adjust the polar alignment of my telescope mount in 
> my observatory.
how do we know that Japan jumped one way, and that it is not the rest of 
the earth that moved the other way?
Can you trust those satellites?  :-)
André N4ICK