"fer j. de vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Some members of this list have drawn an east-west line at the september =
> equinox.
> But what accuracy this line will have?
> 
> Assuming a perfect horizontal plane, ...
> ...
> A line between these 2 points has an angle of 0.067 degrees to the =
> east-west line.

It is interesting to note that this source of error isn't limited to
the equinox.  The usual mark-two-shadow-crossings-on-a-circle method
is also affected, except near the solstices.

--Art Carlson

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