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Tables are provided for facilitating the computation of the tidal acceleration of the Sun and Moon at a point on the surface of a rigid Earth. Without interpolation, the tables provide an accuracy of one microgal in the resultant computation. Higher accuracy is readily obtained by interpolation.
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