Happy new year etc.
Question: is there anything significant about the position of the earth around the sun on December 31 at 23:59:59 or January 1 at 00:00:00 ?
I can understand the seasons aligned with solstices and equinozes which
are specific times where the earth's orientation to the sun provides for equal day/night across most of planet. This is visible from within the
earth. However, the position of earth around the sun isn't, unless I
guess you are looking at stars.
So if you notice repeating pattern of stars which repeats itself every
365.25 days, why choose december 31 as the end of the year? Is there something special about the stars at end of year that make it unique?
Happy new year etc.
Question: is there anything significant about the position of the earth around the sun on December 31 at 23:59:59 or January 1 at 00:00:00 ?
I can understand the seasons aligned with solstices and equinozes which
are specific times where the earth's orientation to the sun provides for equal day/night across most of planet. This is visible from within the
earth. However, the position of earth around the sun isn't, unless I
guess you are looking at stars.
So if you notice repeating pattern of stars which repeats itself every
365.25 days, why choose december 31 as the end of the year? Is there something special about the stars at end of year that make it unique?
On 2022-12-31 6:18 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
Happy new year etc.
Question: is there anything significant about the position of the earth
around the sun on December 31 at 23:59:59 or January 1 at 00:00:00 ?
I can understand the seasons aligned with solstices and equinozes which
are specific times where the earth's orientation to the sun provides for
equal day/night across most of planet. This is visible from within the
earth. However, the position of earth around the sun isn't, unless I
guess you are looking at stars.
So if you notice repeating pattern of stars which repeats itself every
365.25 days, why choose december 31 as the end of the year? Is there
something special about the stars at end of year that make it unique?
Hope this helps: http://www.skip.net/DEC/ultimate-spr-leap-year-mark_crispin.html
January 1st marking the beginning of the new year has nothing to do with seasons or the vernal equinox, as did prior denotation of the New Year
but since 153 BCE was the day the Roman consuls took office, by decree
of Julius Caesar.
We will never really know what might have become of the Gregorian
calendar had it not been for the unfortunate early demise of Regiomontanus.
Dave
On 2023-01-19 7:18 PM, David Spain wrote:
fact it is a leap year by application of the rule of being a centuryBut not by 4000. The year 4000 is not a leap year I should point out.
year divisible by 400.
Dave
Dave
fact it is a leap year by application of the rule of being a century
year divisible by 400.
Dave
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