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Re: Old style lunar
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 12, 16:41 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 12, 16:41 EST
Fred, you wrote:
"Errors for stars east and west of the moon often cancel each other
out."
They should for the most part. The primary problem in the early ephemerides
was the inaccuracy in the ecliptic longitude of the Moon.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
