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From: Antoine Couëtte
Date: 2010 Aug 29, 10:47 -0700
I see, George,
thank you for your remark.
I thought that the W009° longitude info originated from Maskelyne, while I was actually reworking Moore's specific example.
No worries mate : Moore's data re-worked with a full 20° decrease to his moon height value now give realistic results (which I have published), however NOT compatible with the W009° longitude quoted by Moore, although they fall to an observed UT quite close from the UT he (seems to have) quoted.
I did notice the (slight) differences between the values quoted by Maskelyne and Moore, and I had hastily attributed them to the fact that Maskelyne had quoted geocentric heights, while Moore gave apparent topocentric ones.
Lunars are nice ...
Antoine
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