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Re: how are the tables for declination generated?
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2012 Feb 14, 18:48 +0100
Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
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From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2012 Feb 14, 18:48 +0100
Hello Pedro,
I recommend you these books:
Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus http://www.willbell.com/math/mc1.htm
attached; Low-precision formulae for planetary positions.pdf by Flandern
I programed this in 1999, but as its name says: low accuracy.
TE2 = TE*TE
-- Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/