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Re: Compare Methods: Lat/Lon Near Noon
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2021 Sep 6, 01:47 -0700
From: Tony Oz
Date: 2021 Sep 6, 01:47 -0700
Hello!
When I said that the formula in Wilson's article gives noticeably different LAN - I was wrong, I simply made a typo in the calculations. Actually, the difference between the purely-graphical and formulaic solutions is well within one second.
Warm regards,
Tony
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