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Re: venus
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 9, 11:38 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 9, 11:38 -0500
I see. So the systematic error you mention was in the lunar distance (not in the derived lattitude). Then my argument does not apply. I remember Frank Reed said something about "not using Venus" in Lunar distances, recently, but I don't remember what was this exactly, maybe the non-zero size of its own disc. Alex. On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Michael Dorl wrote: > perhaps I should have been more specific, my observed moon - venus angle > was consistently 5-7 minutes less than the one I calculated > paying due regards for all corrections.
