Ah, OK, I come from a different background. But this issue of different precisions at different magnitudes is also well-known, and is made clear when studying t

Ah, OK, I come from a different background. But this issue of different precisions at different magnitudes is also well-known, and is made clear when studying the definition of floating point. Others have mentioned the "obvious" solution of using relative coordinates, but apparently that has some issues also.