Re: accruate "sundials"


<geraldkelleher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > But why do we _have_ to measure this rotation against the sun?
>
> In your sidereal foolishness * you do gauge the rotation of the Earth
> against the Sun as 24 hours exactly and then gauge the rotation of the
> Earth against a distant star as 23 hours 56 min 04 ,the former being
> incorrect

Why is one incorrect and the other correct?

Everything is moving; if you have to pick something to pretend is
stationary, why does it matter what you pick?


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