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Re: V correction and the sun
From: Bob Goethe
Date: 2020 Dec 15, 22:18 -0800
From: Bob Goethe
Date: 2020 Dec 15, 22:18 -0800
>> Per the Nautical Almanac: "The tabulated hourly values of the sun's GHA have been adjusted to reduced to a minimum the error caused by treating v as negligible."<<
Would this be equally possible in describing the orbit of Venus?
Or is it a case of "Sure, it would be possible with Venus, but given the amount of work it would take, it is just not feasible" ?
Bob
