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7 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing accuracy
It's amazing how accurate the calculations are. Strictly speaking, we just want to have the positions more or less of the planets e.g., but Jean Meeus goes so far, he even takes the speed of light in account, delivering results with an accuracy beneath the arcsecond. However, the book is the only one in is kind and explains the formulae needed for the positions of all...
Published on May 12, 1999
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Is the previous reviewer referring to this book?
This book, Fundamental Ephemeris Computations, is authored by Paul J. Heafner, but the previous reviewer, who wrote a very glowing review, is talking about the book of Jean Meeus. And 5 out of 9 persons found the review helpfull. What's the matter here?
Published on November 8, 2007 by My Side
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Is the previous reviewer referring to this book?,
This review is from: Astronomical Algorithms (Hardcover)
This book, Fundamental Ephemeris Computations, is authored by Paul J. Heafner, but the previous reviewer, who wrote a very glowing review, is talking about the book of Jean Meeus. And 5 out of 9 persons found the review helpfull. What's the matter here?
7 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing accuracy,
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This review is from: Astronomical Algorithms (Hardcover)
It's amazing how accurate the calculations are. Strictly speaking, we just want to have the positions more or less of the planets e.g., but Jean Meeus goes so far, he even takes the speed of light in account, delivering results with an accuracy beneath the arcsecond. However, the book is the only one in is kind and explains the formulae needed for the positions of all solar system bodies, including comets and minor planets. How difficult Jean Meeus goes doesn't matter, because he made the book easily reading. Corrections including nutation, aberration and recession are more comprehensible than ever. The book is a must for the amateur astronomers who also know how to build programs to simulate the movements of all lights at night. Specially because Jean Meeus starts the book with all possible surprises you meet when using floating numbers. You will never regret it.
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Astronomical Algorithms by Paul J. Heafner (Hardcover - Dec. 1998)
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