To: blam
Does the Moon orbit Earth so regularly that a great earthen mound can reliably pick out the "standstill moment" year after year? I would think that standstill would occur at a slightly different spot in the sky each year -- but I'm no astronomer.
5 posted on
01/28/2005 8:37:28 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: ClearCase_guy
"Does the Moon orbit Earth so regularly that a great earthen mound can reliably pick out the "standstill moment" year after year? I would think that standstill would occur at a slightly different spot in the sky each year -- but I'm no astronomer.
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It does, at least over a period as short as 6000 years or so.
7 posted on
01/28/2005 8:45:57 AM PST by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: ClearCase_guy
The planet Venus does have such regular motion. The sun has a standstill that is regular. But the moon? nah.
19 posted on
01/29/2005 2:06:53 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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