Re: Equinox alignment



Brian Tung wrote:
Chris L Peterson wrote:

Huh? It is rare indeed that an equinox occurs exactly at dawn or dusk,
and it can't possibly happen at both. And the properties of an equinox
that make it interesting are not limited just to those times.


No, he's right.  The equinox can happen only at sunrise or sunset on the
equatorial plain.


Like everyday? .



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