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    Re: Baffled by Baffin
    From: George Huxtable
    Date: 2005 Dec 5, 00:08 -0000

    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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