I'll take a stab at this as I'm the first to reply, apparently; but others
will correct me if I've got it wrong, I'm sure. We have to be brave enough
to try explanations at the risk of being wrong so we can learn, eh?
If the earth orbited in a perfect circle (no ellipse) then there would be no
Hello again:
In light of Luke's very clear and informative explanation of how a planet's
orbit and the inclination of its axis affect the shape of the analemma and
EOT curves, what would the analemma look like if the orbit were a perfect
circle and there was no tilt to the axis? Would the analem
