Correction to the argument of Watts' moon limb charts obtained from the lunar occultation of Mars in 1986.
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Date
1990
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Clear silhouettes of the Moon’s limb with the planet for a background is seen on the photographs of the lunar occultation of Mars in 1986 taken at Bisei Hydrographic Observatory. Analyzing them, the correction to one of the arguments, position angle, of the Watts' Moon limb charts is obtained as -0.11'. Key words ・Lunar occultation, Moon’s limb profileJournal
Report of Hydrographic and Oceanographic ResearchesIssue/Article Nr
26Page Range
pp.261-263Resource/Dataset Location
https://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/GIJUTSUKOKUSAI/KENKYU/report/rhr26/rhr26-08.pdf