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To: SunkenCiv

I suppose that if you created an analemma at the equator, it would be a more symmetrical figure 8?


5 posted on 12/22/2013 9:03:55 AM PST by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell)
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To: Rocky

No. The southern loop of the analemma is always wider because Earth is closer to the sun (perihelion) in January.


7 posted on 12/22/2013 10:16:27 AM PST by Procyon (Decentralize, degovernmentalize, deregulate, demonopolize, decredentialize, disentitle.)
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To: Rocky
You will probably enjoy this paper:

hope this works

8 posted on 12/22/2013 12:51:58 PM PST by Rodamala
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