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Lunar Distance:"Straight line vs.Line of best Fit"
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2003 Dec 21, 14:44 -0800
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2003 Dec 21, 14:44 -0800
Hi folks, This is a subject I discussed with George last Summer and it
involves the use of solving a set of Lunars such that you pick shots that form a
straight line e.g. Frank's Jupiter Lunar shots 1,5, and 7. In this case
those shots formed a straight line which paralleled the line of best
fit but the average time of those 3 shots was 04-42-12 as
opposed to all seven's average of 04-40-33 but most importantly the GMT Lunar
was 04-40-03 which was pretty close to Fred's. In some of my past shots the "
straight line" observation results surpassed the line of best fit
results! A possible explanation could have been the overall quality of the
observation set. Navigation texts do not refer to this "straight line" method so
I will stick to " line of best fit" and not reinvent the wheel! Any comments
would be appreciated and thanks! Mike Burkes.
