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Re: An exotic lunar distance puzzle
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 May 3, 13:53 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2011 May 3, 13:53 -0700
David,
The horizon must be shifted by refraction as the observer looks down 18 plus degrees through the atmosphere. Like being the star looking back at the observer on the horizon. There would be no refraction looking up through the near vacuum of low orbit.
Greg Rudzinski
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