> It will be for quite some time. It won't be in 13000 > years. How's 8000 years? Is that enough proof? Link to here and change "maximum year" to 9999 and "yearly increment" to 100 and you will find that the vernal equinox in 9900 will be on March 21st. http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/srvernal.html
> You are confusing precession with > nutation I have been an astronomy buff for 38 years and am not confused easily. I leave it to those who know little about the subject to be confused. --- doctor_gabby_savy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Well I will bet you a quart of soma that in > 13000 > > > years the vernal > > > equinox will be in "September". Lets meet then > and > > > see. > > > > No. The sun moves from its lowest point in the sky > > relative to the earth to its highest point in the > sky > > relative to the earth in six months, from the > winter > > solstice day to the summer solstice day. Half-way > > through the six months, the sun crosses the > mid-point > > (celestial equator) on its journey northward and > that > > crossing of the mid-point is what the vernal > equinox > > is. The vernal equinox will always be in March in > the > > northern hemisphere and in September in the > southern > > hemisphere. > > It will be for quite some time. It won't be in 13000 > years. > > > That won't change because of the earth's > > minor wobbling. > > > The 26000 year cycle of the precession of equinox > can hardly be termed > minor wobbling. You are confusing precession with > nutation. How > exactly do you define precession of the equinox? > > I define it as follows: > > "Precesion of the equinox" means that the position > of the sun at the > vernal equinox, relative to the constallations, > "retreats" one degree > every 72 years, making a full cycle around the > zodiac of 12 > constellations every 26000 years. Vernal equinox > occurs once a year > when day and night lengths are equal and when the > sun rises at true east. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
