Re: Solar Longitude (was Re: (meteorobs) Abbreviations)

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• Subject: Re: Solar Longitude (was Re: (meteorobs) Abbreviations)
• From: Malcolm Currie <mjc@ast.star.rl.acdot uk>
• Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:51:11 +0100 (BST)
• In-Reply-To: <9809081344.AA13622@trilliandot dev.latrade.com>
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> > What would the calculation for this be? How to change the UT to the 
> > Solar Longitude??
> > Kim Hay

> This would be a GREAT formula to put out on the IMO, AMS, DMS, NAMN, etc. Web sites! (I'd be happy to put it out on the 'meteorobs' site as well.) Maybe this would be a useful adjunct to the "List of Acronums" suggested by Malcolm. Note that for IMO mem
bers, this formula is published in the first issue WGN sent out at the beginning of each year...

Somewhere I have a Fortran programme for calculating this from the
days when I had to prepare the BAA Handbook Meteor Diary.

These days I guess one should have a Java-based cgi, where you enter
the date and time and it returns the solar longitude, or enter the
solar longitude and year to give the date and time.

Malcolm

• (meteorobs) Re: Solar Longitude
• From: Sirko Molau <molau@I6.Informatik.RWTH-Aachendot de>

• Solar Longitude (was Re: (meteorobs) Abbreviations)
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>

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