ANALYSIS OF LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS

by BYRON W. SOULSBY,

THEODORE LUNAR OBSERVATORY, AUSTRALIA

 

****  SUMMARY  ****

 

STATISTICAL ACCEPTANCE USED IS 0 < %E < 4

CRATER TIMING REDUCTIONS FOR 2004 OCTOBER 28

 

IMMERSIONS              EMERSIONS

 

OBSERVER

NUMBER

MEAN %E

M E

NUMBER

MEAN %E

M E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David

4

2.6008

0.1468

 

 

 

COOPER TIM

43

2.4753

0.1140

 

 

 

BEGBIE MIKE

30

2.1849

0.1804

 

 

 

PRINGLE-WOOD DAVID

14

1.8734

0.3141

 

 

 

VOLLMANN WOLFGANG

9

2.3279

0.1841

 

 

 

AMOR ALEXANDRE

18

1.9647

0.1606

16

1.6933

0.1610

AMOR ALEXANDRE, ROSA CAMPOS ANTONIO, YUMI SHIDA RAQUEL

(ALL MID TIMINGS)

16

1.9305

0.0878

15

1.9509

0.0713

ROSA CAMPOS ANTONIO

6

2.7606

0.0446

7

2.1254

0.1589

YUMI SHIDA RAQUEL

1

2.5863

0.0000

 

 

 

 

OVERALL MEAN %E FOR  141  IMMERSIONS IS  2.2338,  +/-0.1530,

 

OVERALL MEAN %E FOR  38  EMERSIONS IS  1.8746,  +/-0.1252,

 

VALUES OF F & FM ARE 298.26, 212.694

DATE: 11-02-2004 AT TIME 13:27:31


 

Legend

 

OBSERVER is the name of the contributing astronomer

NUMBER is the number of crater timings that met the acceptance criteria of 0 < %E < 4

MEAN %E is the mean of the umbra enlargements computed from each observers' crater timings

ME is the mean error of the data set for each observer

F is the flattening of the Earth's geoid

FM is the umbral flattening (See Oblateness.html for the observed oblateness)