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Old October 5th 10, 07:43 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
oriel36[_2_]
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Default The leap day

It is hard to imagine why people in this era of great technological
advancement would choose to betray the intricate structure we inherit
from the great astronomers in antiquity who fixed the 24 hour day and
later that value to daily rotation through 360 degrees,who took these
daily cycles and rotations and determined 365 1/4 rotations for an
annual/orbital circuit and then to craft the structure of a leap day
in order to maintain a steady progression of 24 hour days into a
steady progression of years using these days.Who would marvel at the
6 hour orbital drift through Mar 1st from year to year with the 1461
st rotation of Feb 29th that brings the rotations back in sync
corresponding to 4 cycles of 365 1/4 rotations.

You literally have to be a monster to reject this system even if
nobody has to be held accountable for the error that introduced an
alternative value for rotation through 360 degrees and subsequently an
alternative and nonsensical amount of rotations in an orbital
circuit,it is not something where it is possible to excuse yourself or
hide from and who would want to ?.
 




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