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Science of the Summer Solstice

by Bill Petro on June 20, 2009 · 0 comments

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SCIENCE OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
The word Solstice comes from the Latin solstitium meaning “Sun, standing-still.” This year the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21 at 05:45 UTC, or Coordinated Universal Time, or Zulu Time, or roughly Greenwich Mean Time.
This is also known as the Northern Solstice as the Sun is positioned directly above [...]

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History of Leap Year

by Bill Petro on February 26, 2008 · 2 comments

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HISTORY OF LEAP YEAR

The Leap Day, February 29, depicts a day that occurs only once every four years, every Leap Year or intercalary year when an extra day is inserted. But not every forth year, if that year ends in “00″ like 1900, then it is not a Leap Year. Except if that year ending [...]

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