Rhumb Line or Spherical Spiral

The spherical curve taken by a ship which travels from the south pole to the north pole of a sphere while keeping a fixed (but not right) angle with respect to the meridians. The curve has an infinite number of loops since the separation of consecutive revolutions gets smaller and smaller near the poles.

 

Steve Phelps

 
Typ materiálu
Aktivita
Klíčová slova
navigation  spherical 
Cílová skupina (věk)
14 – 18
Jazyk
English (United States)
 
 
Verze GeoGebry
5.0
Zobrazení
6385
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