The equation of time has two causes. The first is that the orbit of the earth 
around the sun is an
ellipse and not a circle. The second is that the plane of the earth's equator 
is inclined tot the
plane of the earth's orbit.
Please can anyone explain me the second cause so that I can conceive it. I am 
not a astronomer!

You can do it in Dutch (for preference), in French, in German or in English.

Willy Leenders
Hasselt
Belgium

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