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Solar time and Sidereal (Star) Time
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Lines of Longitude Separated by 15 degrees (time zones)
24 x 15 degrees = 360 degrees
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Latitude Latitude of equator = 0 Latitude of poles = + 90 and -90
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Latitude and Longitude
Prime meridian Greenwich England Two number define a point
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Time Zones A time zone is 15 degrees wide
There are 24 in all, 24 x 15 = 360 degrees
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Real Time Zones Time Zones are irregular for political and practical reasons (4 in USA)
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International Date Line
Time zone at 180 degrees from Greenwich
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Crude History of Calender
Leap Year and Major Corrections Modern Gegorian Calendar
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Solar vs. Sidereal Time Solar Time has 24 hours (arbitrary)
Sidereal Time is 4 minutes less (23h56m)
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Lunar Calendar Solar Months
Synodic or Solar Month (~ 29.5 days) Sidereal Month (27.3 days)
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Phases of the Moon Angle between Earth, Moon and Sun
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