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Old December 13th 06, 12:10 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Jorge R. Frank
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2) M50 Coordinates. Didn't the astronomy community switch to J2000 in
the 80's ? I bet all other space programs switched in the 90's.
Let's operate in the current epoch, eh. Yes, I know the nutation
computations are involved but we have fast computers now.


NASA adopted J2000 for ISS long ago. What are you still bitching about?

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