Timeline for What would be used for "coordinates" on a large asteroid?
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| Dec 3, 2018 at 11:08 | comment | added | Nij | Three dimensions requires three points to define a unique coordinate basis. This won't work without a means of defining, absolutely or arbitrarily, two more points. | |
| Dec 2, 2018 at 5:06 | comment | added | მამუკა ჯიბლაძე | There actually exist nonconvex asteroids. For such CoM might be easily located in outer space :) | |
| Dec 1, 2018 at 23:26 | comment | added | Michael | I'm saying one point isn't sufficient. If you use x,y,z then you need another point to define one of your axes; if you use lat/lon you need to define where your origin is on the surface. | |
| Dec 1, 2018 at 22:59 | comment | added | kaas347 | Literally every other point you define is the second point. The coordinates of that point would be with respect to the origin, i.e. the CoM. | |
| Nov 30, 2018 at 20:04 | comment | added | Michael | CoM would be your first reference point, but what would you use for a second reference point? | |
| Nov 30, 2018 at 19:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 30, 2018 at 19:48 | history | answered | kaas347 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |