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| Whammer |
 Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:08 pm |
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does anyone have a website that can help answer these questions for my
homework?
How high and above what horizon is the Sun on the given date at the
specified latitude? Assume that the time is local noon on the
indicated date.
a) June 21 at the North Pole
b) December 21 at the North Pole _____
c) March 21 at the equator _________
d) June 21 at the equator _________________
e) December 21 at the equator _________________
f) June 21 in San Antonio (29.5° N) _________________
g) December 21 in San Antonio (29.5° N) _________________ |
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| Dumbledore_ |
| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:31 pm |
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"Whammer" <Whammer29@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170108509.119600.274580@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
does anyone have a website that can help answer these questions for my
homework?
How high and above what horizon is the Sun on the given date at the
specified latitude? Assume that the time is local noon on the
indicated date.
a) June 21 at the North Pole
b) December 21 at the North Pole _____
c) March 21 at the equator _________
d) June 21 at the equator _________________
e) December 21 at the equator _________________
f) June 21 in San Antonio (29.5° N) _________________
g) December 21 in San Antonio (29.5° N) _________________
Yeah... the sun is 90 degrees above the horizon at the equator
on March 21. Calculate 90-29.5 for San Antonio.
Try
http://tinyurl.com/yokcnw
http://inkido.indiana.edu/a100/celestialsphere4.html
http://www.math.psu.edu/geom/koltsova/index.html |
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