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Re: Lunars: altitude accuracy
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Dec 4, 12:57 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Dec 4, 12:57 -0500
Dear Bruce, Just for the case that you missed this discussion, recently frank Reed produced a nice simple formula which shows the effect of an error in altitude on the cleared distance. See, for example, my message Tue Nov 02 2004 - 12:43:15 EST and the pervious discussion under "Lunars: altitude accuracy" and "90 Degree Miracle". Alex. On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Bruce Stark wrote: > For 28 years I've been underestimating the effect inaccurate altitudes can > have on short lunar distances. This shows up in the advice in my Tables for > Clearing, where I say:
