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Solar time and Sidereal (Star) Time

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1 Solar time and Sidereal (Star) Time

2 Lines of Longitude Separated by 15 degrees (time zones)
24 x 15 degrees = 360 degrees

3 Latitude Latitude of equator = 0 Latitude of poles = + 90 and -90

4 Latitude and Longitude
Prime meridian Greenwich England Two number define a point

5 Time Zones A time zone is 15 degrees wide
There are 24 in all, 24 x 15 = 360 degrees

6 Real Time Zones Time Zones are irregular for political and practical reasons (4 in USA)

7 International Date Line
Time zone at 180 degrees from Greenwich

8 Crude History of Calender
Leap Year and Major Corrections Modern Gegorian Calendar

9 Solar vs. Sidereal Time Solar Time has 24 hours (arbitrary)
Sidereal Time is 4 minutes less (23h56m)

10 Lunar Calendar Solar Months
Synodic or Solar Month (~ 29.5 days) Sidereal Month (27.3 days)

11 Phases of the Moon Angle between Earth, Moon and Sun


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