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From: George Huxtable (no email)
Date: Sun Dec 04 2005 - 19:08:56 EST
John Rae commented-
This is an interesting story.
I have looked for Meeus formula 13.3, but have drawn a blank. The only copy
of Meeus the local library seems to have is "Astronomical Formulae for
Calculators, 4th Edition 1988". Perhaps I should be looking for another
book?
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Response from George.
Sorry, I should have made it clear.
What you have is Meeus' original paperback. In that, the relevant formula is
8.3.
Meeus' later work is his "Astronomical Algorithms", of which the first ed.
was 1991, and I have 1998. In that, it's equation 13.3.
The newer book includes almost all of the older one, with a lot of useful
addition. I highly recommend it, to anyone interested in any sort of
numerical astronomy. On some points, I still prefer the simpler treatment of
his earlier book, though.
George.
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