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    Re: Captain Cook's Sep 07th, 1773 Lunar revisited
    From: Paul Hirose
    Date: 2012 Jul 23, 22:09 -0700

    Antoine Couëtte wrote:
    > I will shortly (well past middle of the night here ... ) rework this Lunar 
    for an assumed position of S16°45'and W151°35' (see my last post), a position 
    reasonably close from Omananeno harbor which also seems to accomodate all 
    other constraints, including the horizon not being obstructed by land masses 
    in both Sun and Moon Azimuths.
    
    Here is my solution.
    
    
    INITIAL DATA
    
    17:07:18.5 UT1 (from Kermit's original message July 19)
    +16.4 s ∆T
    S16°45' W151°35' (= -16.75° -151.55°) assumed position
    105°47'04" (= 105.7844°) lunar distance, limb to limb
    43°29'00" (= 43.4833°) Moon refacted upper limb
    12°38'24" (= 12.6400°) Sun refracted lower limb
    3'50" (= .0639°) dip
    77.5° temperature
    
    
    SOLUTION
    
    Adjust time only:
    17:06:57.9 UT1
    +.5705° (= +34.25') Moon altitude intercept
    -.5007° (= -30.04') Sun altitude intercept
    (intercept = observed - computed)
    -.178°/min Moon altitude rate
    +.236°/min Sun altitude rate
    -.0037°/min topocentric lunar distance rate
    
    Adjust time and position:
    17:05:54.82 UT1
    -16.5108° -151.8963° (= S16°30.65' W151°53.78')
    
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