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Separation and rate of change
From: Norm Goldblatt
Date: 2015 Jun 30, 22:18 -0700
From: Norm Goldblatt
Date: 2015 Jun 30, 22:18 -0700
Attached are a couple of graphs that might help answer the question concerning using Venus-Jupiter separation in a lunar type calculation. Note the double valued nature which would lead to ambiguity. Boy! It sure was purdy tonight. Forget about all this science stuff!