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Re: Oblateness formulas
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2013 Jun 13, 09:49 +0200
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2013 Jun 13, 09:49 +0200
Flattening: f=1-b/a
for WGS84 f = 1.0/298.257223563 = 0.003352811
for the Moon the approximation is: f*HP = 0.0032