Hello again;
I read this at:
http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/HDSW.htm
Part 17
>When we look at the Sun we are observing it from a moving
>platform. It is the varying speed around its elliptical
>orbit and the tilted axis which are responsible for the
>daily variations accounted for by the Equation
Hi Brent,
Indeed it does change Brent. The Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical with the
Sun at one of the foci of the ellipse, which means during part of it's orbit
the Earth is closer to the Sun than 6 months later. Due to conservation of
momentum (remember the ice-skater pulling their arms i
I meant "angular momentum", not just momentum. Sorry.
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Hi Brent,
Indeed i
