Hello Mike,
Let the arms and the top 'stub' all have length L. The cross lies in the
equatorial plane, so that the sun is at most 23.5 degrees out of that plane.
The maximum distance from each pole-style to the corresponding face is
from one corner to the next, hence L*V2 . The shadow is at
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Dear all,
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Date Line (IDL) and its history.
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