brandon-rhodes / pyephem

Scientific-grade astronomy routines for Python
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Lunar magnitude fix. #270

Open mkbrewer opened 6 months ago

mkbrewer commented 6 months ago

New algorithm based on Lane, Adair P.; Irvine, William M. 1973. Monochromatic phase curves and albedos for the lunar disk. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 78, pp. 267-277. Agrees with JPL Horizons to +/-0.12 magnitude. Fixes issue #269