Re: analemma and equation of time: when first understood

From: Canopus (canopus56_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 22:56:00 -0700

Mark Gingrich <grinch@rahul.net> wrote in message news:<cgtile$e7p$1@blue.rahul.net>...

A good general reference site with animations can be found at:

http://www.analemma.com/Pages/framesPage.html

> Mack requested:
> > I remember many years ago, seeing an article in S&T about the
> > shape of analemmas on other planets, but this was before I subscribed
> > to S&T. The S&T on-line index only goes back to 1996 and doesn't show this
> > article. Does anyone know when it was published?
>
> Harvey, David A. "The Analemmas of the Planets." _Sky and Telescope_,
> March 1982, pp. 237-9.

The above site also has illustrations of the analemmas on other planets.

Enjoy - Canopus