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VII. An Improvement of the Method of correcting the Observed Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Fixed Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Thomas Elliot
Thomas Elliot
Affiliation:
Minister of the Gospel at Cavers.
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Extract

Problem

Having the apparent distance of the Moon's centre from a fixed Star, or from the centre of the Sun, together with the apparent altitudes of their centres, to find the true distance.

Solution

The difference between the apparent and true altitudes, and the angles which the Moon and Star make with the zenith and each other, must be known before the several corrections of distance are computed.

Type
Papers Read Before the Society
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , 1788 , pp. 191 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1788

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