View Single Post
  #2  
Old April 19th 18, 02:02 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
[email protected]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 306
Default Averaging and the Equation of Time

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 8:56:23 PM UTC+1, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

The Equation of Time fits inside the calendar system as it relies on the noon event to equalize the variations to a 24 hour average so there can be no fractional element left over as a single orbit.


As usual, it is hard to tell what you think you are talking about, but noon moves around quite a bit within the 24 hour day, as much as 16 minutes.