OED: Noon, n.
2. a. The time when the sun reaches the meridian; twelve o'clock in the day; midday :-))))) Latchezar > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dickopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Time drift in amd64 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lennart Sorensen) writes: > > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:24:30AM +0100, Martin Dickopp wrote: > >> Both of you are joking, I take it. But just in case someone is > >> tempted to take this suggestion serious: The sun position > does *not* > >> peak at 12:00 "winter time" or 13:00 summer time. The > deviation can > >> be an hour or more, and furthermore it changes every day. > > > > The sun does peak the same time every day, > > No. Look up what the "equation of time" is. I find the > Wikipedia article > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time quite good. > > > The earth is pretty consistent in rotating at a steady speed. > > True, but during one day, the earth has also moved on its > orbit around the sun. The earth's velocity on its orbit > around the sun is not constant, but dependent on the time of year. > > > Otherwise sundials wouldn't work very well. > > They don't, unless they take the equation of time into account. > > Martin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
