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Re: GHA of the Moon
From: David C
Date: 2020 Oct 3, 01:01 -0700
From: David C
Date: 2020 Oct 3, 01:01 -0700
Frank wrote
Those polynomials are created by "fitting" to proper almanac data that has been computed from the laws of physics (meaning, almost entirely, just Isaac Newton's good-ole inverse-square law of gravitation)
Thanks. I understand newtonian mechanics and am relieved that this gentleman's theories still appliy to motions of the moon!!! The polynomials made it seem that there was a brand new super-complicated theory of planetry motion.
In this era of the JPL numerical integrations and the internet are the polynomials of historic inetrest only?
