Talk:Dawes' limit

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The third equation on this page appears to be wrong. The first two equations give results consistent with other references. The third one R = 0.1384/D D in meters, R in radians does not.

By my calculations fo D in metres and R in radians, R = 5.61530598x10^-7 / D

Regards,

Al Sheehan.

Deleted the formula for meters/radians per observation above (but by my calculation the factor would be 0.005624). I do not recall where the formula originally came from, or maybe I did the unit conversions incorrectly.

Brianhe 03:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)