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Re: Sunrise
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Apr 24, 3:53 PM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Apr 24, 3:53 PM
According to "Bowditch, Pub. No. 9, The American Practical Navigator":
sunrise,n The crossing of the visible horizon by the upper limb of
rising sun.
Y2K is a political thing created by a politically correct, technology
dependent society ;^)
The political day starts a midnight. The traditional navigators day
starts at NOON.
>On 4/24/99 06:49 J.C.SUTHERLAND said:
>
>> I am assuming that the moment of Sunrise is defined as the instance
>>that the first flash of light is seen and incidently this would also
>>define the precise moment of the observers Millenium on Jan 1 2000.
>
>The beginning of the day is commonly considered to be at midnight (0000
>MT), although it has been defined differently in some societies. The
>beginning of the 21st century AD, and of the third millennium, will be
>0000 MT Jan 1 2001.
>
>Paul Baechler
>pbaechle@bellsouth.net
>
Dan Hogan WA6PBY
dhhogan@concentric.net
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