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Old 6th Jul 2009, 22:02
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takata
 
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SaturnV:
takata, with respect to drift, and possible point of impact, and whether there was a controlled glide or not.
Yes thank you, but, what is the point for reposting that?
It was already posted. The sea surface current maps that you are showing are not detailed enough and possibly build from seasonal averages. The SHOM map is much more usefull and the level of precision 10 times higher than that, and, as you may have noticed, I included it.

Nevertheless, sea surface currents are only a vector of the actual drift and the actual drift is mostly a function of the object drifted which will include plenty of other parameters, including weather. We just don't know them for building a more detailed model including all the wreckages. My point is just a rough estimation and I hope that they will cover this area soon and before the pingers will stop emitting.
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