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From: Geoff Hitchcox
Date: 2023 Oct 15, 06:23 -0700
Hi Kermit,
You asked if I could give the data for the 1st touch, well thanks to Chuck_V he has already saved me the trouble by giving first and last touch details here. Many thanks for doing that Chuck, you have provided a much better layout than I would have.
However, I did modify my code to give the *speed* between Moon and Sun centers at each 0.5 second sampling.
First touch = +0.34 arc"/time" (the *same* for both Airless and Refractive models).
Last touch = -0.30 arc"/time" (the *same* for both Airless and Refractive models).
Positive meaning the centers were moving towards each other.
Negative meaning the centers were moving away from each other.
Note: Because the location (28N,-90E) was not on the central path of the Annular Eclipse, the respective centers of the Moon and Sun were never congruent. It was a diagonal glancing track of the Moon over the Sun.
Hope that helps Kermit.
Regards, Geoff Hitchcox, Christchurch, New Zealand.
