To: Fichori; LeGrande; mrjesse
"Well, LeGrande asserts 2.1°.
The mathematical calculations that mrjesse and I have done only allow for, at most, ~21 arcseconds. (~0.00583333333°)" ========================================================= I was trying to be an neutral observor but you're going to make me work for this.
From the Wiki article:
"is 20.49265", very close to κ"
20.5" ~ 0.00569°, which is not close to 2.1°
Seems like some kind of conversion issue.
To: TrevorSnowsrap
2.1° is how much the Earth turns on its axis in the time it takes the light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
Check out
1959 for some background.
1,960 posted on
10/04/2008 11:13:58 AM PDT by
Fichori
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