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February 24 Lunar


Subject: February 24 Lunar
From: Arthur Pearson (arthurpearson@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 22:51:44 EST


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Here is another set of lunars for your consideration. Please let me know
if this format is not readable.

February 24, 2002
Times, latitude and longitude are from GPS.
Nine observations of the distance between the moon and Jupiter as
follows:
Time Ds
5:25:41 15* 8.4
5:28:04 15* 9.2
5:29:36 15* 10.1
5:32:00 15* 10.6
5:33:29 15* 11.6
5:35:09 15* 12.9
5:37:02 15* 13.1
5:38:54 15* 14.5
5:40:14 15* 15.5

DR Lat 42* 22.7 N
DR Lon 71* 9.9 W
Select Time 5:30:00
Select Ds 15* 9.8
Index Corr: -2.6'

Almanac Data:
Body: Jupiter
GHA1 132 43.1
GHA2 147 45.6
Dec1 23 26.1 N
Dec2 23 26.2 N
Body: Moon
GHA1 115 33.7
GHA2 129 57.2
Dec1 24 0.7 N
Dec2 23 57.8 N
HP Moon 59.5 min

Calculated Results:
        Deg Min
D1 15 42.5
D2 16 18.2
Slope Dc: 35.7/hr
Sc 30 40.4
Sa 30 42.1
Mc 43 53.5
Ma 43 11.0
Moon R&P 42.51
Jup R&P -1.67
Moon aSD 16.41
Da 15 23.6
D 15 58.2
GMT Per Observation 5:26:26
Watch Error: Fast 3 minutes and 34 seconds





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