I heard that there was some discrepancy about the exact date and it may actually be happening a few days earlier.
Happy Birthday Don -- hope you get your cake and a very Merry Christmas to everyon%^67tenuj6o867gOseV87i7r87PGThliT8b;]{-=. ---NO CARRIER > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Don Latham > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:04 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] MesoAmerican calendars, Solstice, etc. > > And it's on my birthday, too. So should I open my presents at > breakfast > instead of dinnertime/ Will I get cake??? > :-) > merry Christmas to all of you... > DonL > > Jim Lux > > You knew it would be coming.. > > > > A discussion over lunch brought up the question of > precisely WHEN this > > Maya calendar rollover/civilization ending event would > occur. It's not > > enough to just say "dec 21st".. Does the event occur at the > beginning of > > the day, end of the day, in which local time scale.. Local > news media > > and the blogosphere are woefully ignorant of such basic > questions which > > time-nuts learn to ask at their mother's knee. > > > > I did find a reference that it's tied to the Solstice, or > which we have > > a fairly precise instant: 1112UTC (although I've seen > other numbers > > floating around). So, basically, I could not have to worry > about going > > into work on Friday, because all the excitement will be > over here in the > > Pacific Time zone(but I will have to get up real early to > see it happen) > > > > But just like other time scales, how did those > mesoAmericans reconcile > > their 360 day cycle to 365.25... day intervals between solstices? > > > > I've been rummaging through my ION CD of time and celestial > nav papers, > > but didn't find anything at first on the whole issue > (plenty on other > > astronomically derived scales). > > > > Anybody have any decent links to go hunting for? > > > > 5000 years is plenty long for significant precession of the > equninoxes, > > for instance.. Maybe those Maya astronomers did a bang up > job measuring, > > but hey, they probably didn't account for those higher > order effects. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > -- > "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument > are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." > De Erroribus Medicorum, R. Bacon, 13th century. > "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." > Ghost in the Shell > > > Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL > Six Mile Systems LLP > 17850 Six Mile Road > POB 134 > Huson, MT, 59846 > VOX 406-626-4304 > www.lightningforensics.com > www.sixmilesystems.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.