Fundamental Ephemeris Computations

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Summary: Amazing accuracy
Review: It's amazing how accurate the calculations are. Strictly speaking, we just want to have the positions more or less of the planets e.g., but Jean Meeus goes so far, he even takes the speed of light in account, delivering results with an accuracy beneath the arcsecond. However, the book is the only one in is kind and explains the formulae needed for the positions of all solar system bodies, including comets and minor planets. How difficult Jean Meeus goes doesn't matter, because he made the book easily reading. Corrections including nutation, aberration and recession are more comprehensible than ever. The book is a must for the amateur astronomers who also know how to build programs to simulate the movements of all lights at night. Specially because Jean Meeus starts the book with all possible surprises you meet when using floating numbers. You will never regret it.