Questions tagged [sidereal-period]
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How long was a lunar month in ancient times?
As the Moon is getting farther and farther from Earth, it's natural that the time it takes to circle around our planet is going to increase, thus the month will be longer.
However, I read that the ...
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Right ascension and sidereal time difference
I've read quite a few articles about this and watched visualisations but I still struggle to get a mental map of how this works
I understand that on March 21/22 RA 0 is on my meridian at local noon. ...
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Is the difference in time between the sideral and synodyc month - constant?
According what I read, the sideral month isn't constant (here)1, as well as the synodic month that isn't constant (here)2. Now, as far as I understood, because the sideral month isn't constant ...
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How many degrees does the sidereal month orbit?
It's written everywhere that anomalistic month orbits 360 degrees completely, then how many degrees does the sidereal month orbit?
Here is written that the sidereal month orbits 360 degrees too, ...
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Is it possible to explain the difference between synodic month and sidereal month by degrees?
Is it possible to explain the difference between synodic and sidereal month by degrees - in the following way?
Just recently I learnt about these two types of months, and I want to see if I can ...
