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Re: ? ? ? Re: Lewis and Clark ? lunars: more 1803 Almanac data
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Apr 22, 21:58 EDT
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Apr 22, 21:58 EDT
I'll go with Frank's explanation. It makes perfect sense, and it doesn't put Lewis in the position of not knowing the difference between Aldebaran and Betelgeuse. He only had to make one mistake, not two, to account for Ken's 15 degrees.
Bruce
Bruce