Solar time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Solar times are measures of the apparent position of the Sun on the celestial sphere. They are not actually the physical time, but rather hour angles, that is, angles expressed in time units. They ar...
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Thus, the solar day is 3 minutes and 56 seconds longer than the sidereal day. It is this almost 4 minute per day discrepancy that causes the difference in sidereal and solar time, and is responsible for the fact that different constellations are everhead at a given time of day during the Summer than in the Winter.
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csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/timekeeping.html
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A solar day is the length of time between two successive passes of the sun across the same spot in the sky (e.g. crossing the meridian, overhead). That time period is, on average, 24:00:00, hours, or one mean solar day. A sidereal day is th...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Define_earth's_solar_and_side...
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Solar and Sidereal Day ... The amount of time between the solar day and sidereal day = (1 degree)/(1 degree/4 minutes) = 4 minutes. ... Why is there a difference between the sidereal day and solar day?
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www.astronomynotes.com/nakedeye/s7.htm
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A solar day lasts from when the Sun is on the meridian at a point on Earth until it is next on the meridian. A solar day is exactly 24 hours (of solar time). Because of the Earth's revolution, a solar day is slightly longer than a sidereal day.
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www.astro.cornell.edu/academics/courses/astro2201/sider...
www.astro.cornell.edu/academics/courses/astro2201/sidereal.htm
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Tutorial: Solar versus Sidereal Day. Cut out. [Inspired by Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy, 1st Edition, c Pearson Prentice Hall] ...
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www.astro.washington.edu/users/larson/Astro500/Tutorial...
www.astro.washington.edu/users/larson/Astro500/Tutorials/tu01_solar_sidereal.doc
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Time: The Solar Day versus the Sidereal Day ... If the Earth were stationary, then the Solar Day and the Sidereal Day would be precisely the same. However, we know that the Earth also revolves about the Sun. How does this affect the Solar Day?
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zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/121/lecture-2/daily.html
zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/121/lecture-2/daily.html
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If the Earth were stationary, then the Solar Day and the Sidereal Day would be precisely the same. However, we know that the Earth also revolves about the Sun. How does this affect the Solar Day?
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zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/121/lecture-2/solar_sidereal....
zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/121/lecture-2/solar_sidereal.html
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The length of time which passes between a given "fixed" star in the sky crossing a given projected meridian (line of longitude). ... Day, Sidereal Month, Sidereal Period, Solar Day...
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scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SiderealDay.html
scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SiderealDay.html
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