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Challenge #67: Calculate Spatial Angles

jarrod
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

hmm... getting a different answer by using trig calcs... very close, so i'm assuming it isn't taking curvature into account or something silly like that???

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bmcclelland46
10 - Fireball

Think I used a bit of spatial and trig. I created all the points then just found the distance/angle with trig. Think I had to convert from radians to degrees so maybe that's why I'm off .05 degrees. 

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JethroChen
10 - Fireball
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gsarcona
8 - Asteroid

I never would have been able to do the mathematical approach off the top of my head. Attached is the solution using spatial tools. 

phottovy
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

I will admit that this challenge went way over my head (at some sort of calculated angle) and I had to go to solution for help.

DataHabanero
9 - Comet

Ready to go!

matt_un
7 - Meteor
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Done with a mixture of spatial and trig first (could be easily converted to formulas) then simplified to pure spatial. Hadn't realised that radians not degrees were the default for trig formulas.

jeng
8 - Asteroid
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AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

My solution.

 

about Bonus question:
I calculate them as a points on the surface of the sphere(r=6378.137km)

 

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JoePC
9 - Comet

Solution Attached