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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mr. Hollings thoughts seem reasonable to me.
Please realize that I did all that math when I was "a young man" (twenty five
years ago) and I did it entirely baased on equations from Meeus' wonderful book
(although at that time, it was only available in a Belgian text, so I greatly
depended on the actual equations) and on the massive database of the VSOP87
factors of everything's gravitational (mathematical) effects on each
other. Just finding hundreds of terms where our Moon affects the orbits of
Io and Europa intrigued me. I like Mr. Hollings reasoning, but I concede
that I simply "did the math" to get the results I got.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Doesn't it seem logical that SOMEBODY should NOW do
the same math I did regarding the coming mutual eclipses in 2021? Then we
ALL might get our Binoculars and telescopes out to observe a really peculiar
event (HOWEVER long it lasts). But I fear that no one will, and like at
previous Nodes of Jupiter, a rare astronomer will just happen to be looking at
Jupiter when one of the Galileans disappears on him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can relate to "My head hurts" when I spent
endless days going through many thousands of pages of the VSOP87 data and then
using up the ink in half a dozen pens in doing the math.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Again, I apologize for bringing up "this
distraction" from the pursuit of gravitation of your group. I also STILL
like the potential merit in trying to use such an event to try to determine a
"one way apeed of light". I appreciate that all other methods have used
"out and back" paths, where there might be some undiscovered factor affecting
both ways. So I agree with the value in looking for a "one-way speed of
light"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carl Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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