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Re: LADEE Moon Probe Puzzle
From: Robert Bernecky
Date: 2013 Sep 13, 17:44 -0700
From: Robert Bernecky
Date: 2013 Sep 13, 17:44 -0700
LADEE Moon Probe Sighting
I have my doubts on how accurate this approach is, but the idea is to find where the line from the direction defined by
R.A. 23h05m47.4s, Declination -31d46.1’at 2013 Sept 7, 03h 30m 28s Z
through the point
Latitude 37.41, Longitude -69.43, Altitude 161.99km
intersects the earth's surface. See figure.
With the given numbers, I come up with N 42.0477, W 71.1326
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