[vsnet-chat 2522] Re: [vsnet-alert 3984] On Munidos error

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-alert 3984] On Munidos error

   Probably we had better move to vsnet-chat before the bug is completely
understood.

> Actually the result was out by 36524 days, which is a recognisable number.
> But on checking the fractional part I see that was out by +0.00059 days,
> which is  about 51 seconds and doesn't seem related to anything.

   There seems to be at least another unrecogniozed problem in Munidos :-(

   Is this error constant or randomly variable?  I wonder whether JD
calculation is internally done using double precision floating points.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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