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Re: "Sun Slow Day" is coming...
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Feb 09, 21:13 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Feb 09, 21:13 -0800
Not to mention that that many digits means we can locate the sun's center to within 0.00015 arc-seconds. I'm a navigator, not an astronomer, but that seems rather precise for a pulsating body.... Lu frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.com wrote: > "11 February 2009, 05:28:32.5 GMT, the equation of time being 14 minutes > and 13.78019 seconds." > > Thanks. How many of those digits past the decimal point do you think we can trust? > > -FER > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---