Copies of this book used to have a coupon in the back for ordering copies
of the companion software in a choice of three languages (I think Fortran,
BASIC or Pascal, and C) on diskette. As I recall these included DATA or
other statements for the corresponding constants. I suggest that you
contact Willmann-Bell and ask what is currently available. I see no mention
of these companion diskettes on their web page or in their current catalog.
Their current catalog lists "Plantary Programs and Tables from -4000 to
+2800" by Bretagnon and Simon with companion diskettes similarly
purchasable in Fortran, Pascal or BASIC for PC or Macintosh.
Of possible interest to others are the diskettes for Chapront-Touze and
Chapront's Lunar Tables.
http://www.willbell.com
Gordon Uber
San Diego, California
At 12:41 5/5/04, Lufkin, Brad wrote:
Appendix III of Meeus's magisterial "Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd Edition"
contains the most important periodic terms of the planetary theory VSOP87.
I don't feel like keypunching 40 pages of numbers and so was wondering if
anyone on the list knew of a digital source for the numbers.
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