Re: Reason for Procession of the Equinox?

From: Brian Tung (brian_at_isi.edu)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 01:47:42 +0000 (UTC)

e--------- wrote:
> How can you possibly be "familiar" with nutation but _not_ precession?

I'm sure what he means is that he is familiar with the term and what
it denotes, but not what causes it.

> ...Wikipedia is the next place you go if google is less
> than enlightening? (Sometimes it's the first place to go.)

I have to say, Wikipedia has proved surprisingly informative. (I mean
surprising from the perspective that I didn't expect much of it when I
first heard of it.)

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