At 01:45 PM 7/16/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Also, there's a chronology stuff here. The Ceremony was on >Mid-Winter Day, but also it's said to be on _solstice_. >This term applies to the days where the Sun is in the >extreme declinations - however, we know that the seasons, >in Stratos, are given by the distance to Stratos-S. So, >unless this is a typographical error [and I bet on this], >it would mean that Stratos's orbit is very peculiar, as in >the general case, the solstice does not happen at the >aphelium or perihelium. For Earth: Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere): 21 Dec Perihelion: 3 Jan Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere): 21 Jun Aphelion: 2 July +/- a day or so due to leap years and time zones. -- Ronn! :)
