CONVERSIONS
- Because the first manned missions to estraplanetary bodies were dominated by the US/A, traditional UPSS navigation units are in terms of Miles
- nMiles=nkilomettres x .625
- nMiles=nKilometres x 1.600
- Miles
- nDU=nMiles/30
- nMiles=nDU x 30
UNIVERSAL UNITS
- Astronical Unit (Earth Mean Distance from the Sun)
- nAU=nDU/3100000
- nDU=nAU x 3100000
- nLightyear=n x 195954179106.12033DU
- nParsecs=n x 639202532244.1646000DU
SPEED
- nDU per second=nMiles per seond/30
- nDU per minute=nMiles per minute/30
- nDU per hour=nMilse per hour/30
- nDU per day=nMiles per sidereal day/30
- nMikes (Michaelson)= n x 6200DU/sec
Estimated Time of Arrival Distance time speeds): ETA
two points on one planet (DU, minutes DU per): OP or destination local time HHMM e.g. 0938. 3630 etc
Cis-Plaetary=planet to furthest moon (DU mnutes DU per): CP
interplanetary (DU/AU hours/days DU per): IP
Interstellar (Lightyears,days/weeks/months Mikes): IST
ETA=DISTANCE(with considerations for orbit)/[avg]SPEED(est)
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