>> Good God! What short sightedness! ;-)
>> Earth orbits the sun in a mere 365.242198781 days!
>> In the year 3000 folks will bemoan the programmers who used the
>> wildly inaccurate 365.2425 figure!
>Thanks for the correction! I /KNEW/ someone would pop
>on and provide the
>12-significant-digit figure ;-)
>I would hate to be accused of being
>shortsighted! <g>
Be careful of this figure. It only applies to a specific year (either
1950, 1970, or 1980 I believe). The Earth's rotation is slowing and
the Earth's orbital period is slowing but the ratio is not a constant.
You will want to make your software update this figure periodically.
:)
That should cover you.
Jon Bertrand
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