[Boatanchors] Summer Solstace [sic]Data

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

But who says that Meteorology takes precedence over the Astronomical 
solstice? In point of fact, niether are correct. No more so then leap year 
calculations are. All a matter of some deranged ruler, or religious 
monoarchy or "scientific" experts of the era proclaiming something to sooth 
the masses who had gotten upset after some headcase used a piece of glass to 
look at Jupiter and think he saw little orbs going around it. Another pre-AA 
case, no doubt.

If you want a chuckle, grab a copy of the 1951 World Book encyclopedia and 
read about the planets. Yes, poor Pluto was still the ninth planet, he had 
not been demoted to an Ice Dwarph then! It is almost shocking how wrong 
Science was about our solar system just fifty-seven years ago. However, when 
one considers just how much new information has become available about 
almost everything in the past ten years, it is stunning. Then go back 
twenty-five and it it is downright startling. But go back fifty and it is 
almost not believable, but back one hundred years it is absolutely 
incomprehensible. Just think all of what we now know in just one hundred 
years, when put along side what humans knew for the previous ten thousand 
years.

Heck, we were even right now and then!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Summer Solstace [sic]Data


> Ah yes.  There is inherent conflict of this entire article!
>
> First - Meteorlogical Summer occurs on June 1.
>
> Second - The "solstice" is the beginning of ASTRONOMICAL Summer.
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>>
>> Space Weather News for June 20, 2008
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>> http://spaceweather.com
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>> SUMMER SOLSTICE: Northern summer and southern winter begin today, June 
>> 20th,
>>
>> at precisely 23:59 UT (7:59 pm EDT) when the sun ascends to its highest
>>
>> latitude on the celestial sphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, we have the
>>
>> longest day and shortest night of the year, and the reverse in the 
>> Southern
>>
>> Hemisphere. The seasons are changing--Happy Solstice!
>>
>> NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Summer is the season for noctilucent clouds and this
>>
>> morning, right on cue, a wave of bright NLCs rolled over the British 
>> Isles.
>>
>> Observers in Scotland and Northern Ireland report luminous tendrils of
>>
>> electric blue bright enough to attract the attention of casual passersby.
>>
>> These glow-in-the-dark clouds are a 100+ year old mystery under
>>
>> investigation now by NASA's AIM spacecraft. Originally confined to arctic
>>
>> latitudes, NLCs have spread in recent years with sightings in the United
>>
>> States as far south as Utah and Colorado. Check today's edition of
>>
>> http://spaceweather.com for observing tips and the latest photos.
>>
>>
>>
>> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
>> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
>>
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