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Re: September Equinox computation
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Sep 24, 16:40 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Sep 24, 16:40 -0700
On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 03:58 PM, Herbert Prinz wrote: > I was already wondering how Dan Allen could be off by more than 3 > minutes > using Meeus' algorithm Just to clarify: I used Meeus for finding the position of the sun and my own root finder to determine the equinox. I am not using Meeus' separate algorithm to determine the equinox, although maybe I should! Dan