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Old April 27th 08, 12:43 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
oriel36[_2_]
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Default Equation of Time

On 26 Apr, 13:18, (Pd) wrote:
oriel36 wrote:

a bunch of gibberish.

Who is this clueless dork? A troll? A scientologist?
A deranged astrologer? A nitwit necromancer?

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Pd


For a person who believes and supports that there is a hemispherical
variable inclination to the Sun is a factor in the Equation of Time
via the analemma hoax,I am delighted that you find what I say to be
gibberish.

The Equation of Time is a global correction,it does not matter whether
a person is in the Northern or Southern hemispheres,the natural length
of the noon cycles vary regardless of hemispherical variations in
daylight/darkness.

With 24 hours/360 degrees taken as an assumption for constant axial
rotation and using natural noon as a benchmark,the difference between
idealised rotation in 24 hours and the natural rotation allied with
the change in orbital oreintation affirms Kepler's orbital gerometry
and behavior in terms of variable speed and distance travelled.The
Equation of Time therefore represents the rate of change of orbital
orientation as a location turns through 360 degrees to the central Sun
and orbitally takes a full orbit to do it.

..The cheesy websites offered in this thread and based on the analemma
hardly compare to the treatise of Huygens and how to determine natural
noon by using two plummets or by centralising natural noon using the
Sun's position against the horizon .There is a contemporary twist to
the Equation of Tim beside the fact that it represents an incredible
human achievement which make the 24 hour day and the subsequently
calendar system possible and that is its affirmation of Kepler's
orbital motion and geometry.

I leave you with your sub-geocentric view of the Earth's motions,I
suppose I would be sour too if I was forced to support that cartoon
version of axial and orbital motion -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:T...3%A9reo.en.png