• Solar longitude, commonly abbreviated as Ls, is the ecliptic longitude of the Sun, i.e. the position of the Sun on the celestial sphere along the ecliptic...
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    Longitude (/ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd/, AU and UK also /ˈlɒŋɡɪ-/) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the...
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  • dew") is the 15th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 165° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 180°. It more often...
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  • Tropical year (redirect from Solar year)
    mean solar time at 0 degrees longitude (the IERS Reference Meridian). Civil time is based on UT (actually UTC), and civil calendars count mean solar days...
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    scales were uniform in the sense of mean solar time (i.e., they approximate the mean time of some longitude) and were not adjusted as the rovers traveled...
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  • the Qing Ming and Winter Solstice days, fall on the respective Jie qi (solar terms) in the Agricultural calendar). Traditional holidays are generally...
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    An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, with a magnitude of 0.9326. A solar eclipse occurs...
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    Noon (redirect from Solar noon)
    12 noon apparent solar time and can be observed using a sundial. The local or clock time of solar noon depends on the date, longitude, and time zone, with...
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    Solar irradiance is the power per unit area (surface power density) received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range...
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  • exactly 27 days and starts from February 8, 1832.) The heliographic longitude of a solar feature conventionally refers to its angular distance relative to...
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