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    Re: Lunar clearance methods
    From: Francis Upchurch
    Date: 2013 Sep 20, 23:20 -0700

    Thanks very much Frank,
    I did send you a reply a few weeks ago but not sure if it was sent correctly? I think it went to your personal web site with an attachment asking your opinion.
    I wonder if you have had time to write up your quick lunar clearance method yet?
    I am very much looking forward to seeing that.
    Still no answer to the Captain Cook Endevour questions. Maybe we’ll never know?
    Many thanks
    Francis

    Quote:
    "Francis, you wrote:
    "I've been doing Cnav for years and joined the lunatics 2 years ago, but this is my first posting."

    Welcome. Glad you've uncloaked. :)

    You asked about the method I discovered for clearing lunars that makes a very large number of them exceedingly easy --almost no trig. I'll see if I can write this up fresh within the next week. The short form: you observe the altitudes of the Moon and other body also the lunar arc between them. If a certain condition is met...
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