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Re: Beginner moonrise and set question
From: John Simmonds
Date: 2004 Sep 24, 02:05 +1000
From: John Simmonds
Date: 2004 Sep 24, 02:05 +1000
relative to sun & stars
live every day like it may be your last .. cause one day it will be
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:42:21 -0500, Bill wrote:
>> Actually, 24h rotation of earth is also slightly MORE than 360
>> deg arising from the earths orbit around the sun
>>
>
> Relative to what? Agreed the Earth has to over-rotate relative to
> the stars for the Sun to be close to the meridian passage at noon
> (or any other reference point). If it rotated 360 d relative to the
> stars approx. 182.5 days through the cycle noon would be dark--AKA
> midnight.
>
