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The reductions of occultations show that it is necessary to densify the Atlas of Weimer which lacks profiles corresponding to a number of libration of the Moon.
A method to measure automatically the lunar limb was presented. The profiles that were obtained are in very good agreement with Weimer's. This method will allow us to densify this Atlas, using already existing or new plates.
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Meyer, F. Determination du bord lunaire a l'aide du micro-densitometre de l'observatoire de nice. The Moon and the Planets 20, 169–172 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898067
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898067