In sci.astro.amateur message
et, Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:08:21, Paul Schlyter
posted:

On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:49:54 -0700 (PDT), palsing
wrote:
the Earth's axis points continuously at Polaris, 365/24/7.

...and what does 365/24/7 really mean? It ought to be either 365/24
(which leaves out the leap day) or 52/7/24 (which leaves out one day
each year, and also the leap day). Writing 365/24/7 is redundant.

Also, the Earth's axis does not point at Polaris, and is not likely to
do so within the lifetime of any of us. It does point continuously at a
slowly-moving point currently near Polaris, though.

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