dRA & dDec as integers

[dpieterse]

Dear Bill,

Astcheck calculates the distances between the predicted position and the observed detection (ra distance, dec distance and total distance) of asteroids. These distances are given as integers in arcseconds. But when I look at the astcheck code, I cannot figure out why these values are integers instead of doubles / floats. Are the numbers truncated or rounded?

I think it would be nice if these distances could be given as decimal numbers, so that they are more accurate. Or is your distance determination not accurate to a sub-arcsecond level?

Thank you in advance for answering my questions!

Kind regards,
Danielle