How Do You Determine Position and Speed in Space?

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How do you calculate your position and speed in space?
How many points of reference do you need?

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Basically you need 5, given any point in space: x, y, z, time since the BB, and the Hubble constant.
 
And an arbitrary 0,0,0 reference point in space?
 

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