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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 7:20 pm
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Originally Posted by HkCaGu
Of course light slows down when it hits the atmosphere.
Hence the word "approximately"

also the reflected signals (often disregarded by the GPS receivers)
can skew the time and distance traveled.
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