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Re: accuracy of Cook's lunars
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Dec 29, 14:06 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Dec 29, 14:06 -0500
Cook's errors mentioned in this movie are much larger than the errors I determined for his observations in Point Venus (Thaiti). My calculations are posted on Nav List. Can I see this student's data and calculations? Is the text of his thesis available? Alex. P.S. On the movie. The music is nice, but it is too loud and the voice behind the screen speaks too fast. Cook holds his octant as a person who does not know how to use it. On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, John H wrote: > > I don't know if any of you lunar fans have time to check out this video by > a student in my class, but maybe you have some commentary: > > youtube.com/watch?v=5VbEHgQDT18 > > This was supervised by a teaching fellow, and it came in *very* late, so we > didn't have time to give feedback on this, just accept the video as is as > part of their final projects. > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=121620 > > >
