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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/greatcircle.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/greatcircle.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 5d6783ddc24..00000000000 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdeedu/kstars/greatcircle.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ai-greatcircle"> -<sect1info> -<author -><firstname ->Jason</firstname -> <surname ->Harris</surname -> </author> -</sect1info> -<title ->Great Circles</title> -<indexterm -><primary ->Great Circles</primary> -<seealso ->Celestial Sphere</seealso> -</indexterm> -<para ->Consider a sphere, such as the Earth, or the <link linkend="ai-csphere" ->Celestial Sphere</link ->. The intersection of any plane with the sphere will result in a circle on the surface of the sphere. If the plane happens to contain the centre of the sphere, the intersection circle is a <firstterm ->Great Circle</firstterm ->. Great circles are the largest circles that can be drawn on a sphere. Also, the shortest path between any two points on a sphere is always along a great circle. </para -><para ->Some examples of great circles on the celestial sphere include: the <link linkend="ai-horizon" ->Horizon</link ->, the <link linkend="ai-cequator" ->Celestial Equator</link ->, and the <link linkend="ai-ecliptic" ->Ecliptic</link ->. </para> -</sect1> |