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Re: A noon sight conundrum
From: Zorbec Legras
Date: 2003 Dec 2, 10:49 -0500
From: Zorbec Legras
Date: 2003 Dec 2, 10:49 -0500
----- Original Message ----- From: Peter FoggDate: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:01:01 +1100 To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: A noon sight conundrum > One possible answer is that our convention of adding a day every 4 years doesn't > exactly account for the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun. Indeed 4 times 5h 48mn 46.08sec never make 24 h. But never forget when extracting data from the nautical almanac always enter with time AND DATE of Greenwich. -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm