Hello extraterrestrial diallists ! Fer, is it possible to send us, as attached files, this article from Heinz SIGMUND ? In text mode it might not be too large to stay under a reasonnable limit of 30-40 ko ?
Alain R.MORY 48°N 7°E "fer j. de vries" a écrit : > > Hello Moon Diallists, > > There is a sun dial on the Moon! > > With Apollo 17 a gnomon (vertical rod) is placed on the moon and with this > instrument it is possible to read the position of the sun. > Let's transport a camera to this spot and we may read this dial at home. > Or is there still a camera? > Just as proposed for the Mars dial we can add any hour, day, altitude, > azimut, ..... pattern as we like. > So it is very easy to make our Moondial. > > In "Jahresschrift 2000" of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie" an > article by Heinz Sigmund about extraterrestial dials is published. > In that article also the Apollo17 gnomon is mentioned. > > Best wishes, Fer. > > Fer J. de Vries > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ > Eindhoven, Netherlands > lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: The Shaws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Sundial, List <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:55 AM > Subject: A sundial on the Moon > > > Help please. > > > > Under circumstances that I will not bore you with, Tony Moss and I had > > dinner this week with Dr Joe P.Allen, (the American astronaut) and that > well > > known English eccentric and astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. > > Naturally, our main topic of conversation was sundials, and there was some > > talk of the Mars sundial. > > We also talked about this sundial mailing list, and what a wealth of > > knowledge is contained in it. > > > > Patrick Moore then asked if we could design a sundial, to be placed on the > > moon at "Tranquility Base" - Joe Allen to be responsible for getting it > > there!! > > Should a successful dial be designed, he might feature it on his "The Sky > at > > Night" television programme. > > Tony has offered to make it. > > > > So, we have a challenge > > > > I regret that I don't know much about the Moon. > > I guess with a day of 27 days or so, we won't be able to use Earth time. > > Tony has suggested a "Luna", subdivided, naturally, into "tics". > > > > All help and any suggestions for a design would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Mike Shaw > > > > Wirral, UK > > 53' 22" N > > 03" 02" W > > > > > >
