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Re: Lunar Distance Puzzle
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2011 Aug 15, 18:31 -0700
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2011 Aug 15, 18:31 -0700
The Lunar distances for a "no refraction" case:
+28� 0' 58.3"
+37� 5' 33.8"
+61� 36' 0.8"
My solution
+3h 27m 0.4s
+38� 55' 39.2"N
+77� 12' 45.3"W
Still a pretty good solution. It's the parallax, not the refraction.
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