Analemma
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analemma-189-1432320
title:
Analemma
text:
In astronomy, an analemma is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as that position varies over the course of a year. The diagram resembles a figure eight. Globes of the Earth often display an analemma as a two-dimensional figure of equation of time vs. declination of the Sun. The north–south component of the analemma results from the change in the Sun's declination due to the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation as i
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Diagrammatic representation of Sun's position over a period of time
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma
date created:
2002-09-08T19:26:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T05:45:17Z
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