What are they standard time and date at (40°N, 110°W) when the standard time at (30°N,95°W) is 1 AM on October 16?

Q: What is declination? Discuss the degree of declination of the Moon and Sun relative to Earth’s…

A: First of all in order to understand the concept of declination, we must be knowing the difference…

Q: explain what is precession of the equinox

A: Equinoxes are two pints at which the projection of the Earth’s equator on the celestial sphere…

Q: The earth revolves around the sun in exactly 365 1/4 days which is equivalent to 1 year. To make up…

A: Earth revolves around the sun in =365 1/4 days Everyday has 24 hours Total hours in a year= 8760…

Q: What is the latitude of someone in Europe who sees the sun at an altitude of 14.0 on December 22?…

A: The altitude angle is the angle of the sun in reference to the ground it is shining on. When the sun…

Q: which factor has the greatest influence on the number of daylight hours that a particular earth…

A: which factor has the greatest influence on the number of daylight hours.

Q: If I notice that the moon sets at noon on a particular day, what can I conclude about the phase of…

A: The moon sets at noon means the angle between the sight for the moon and sight for the sun (horizon…

Q: Based on what you've learn on the impact of the Earth-Sun distance on the seasons, what can you say…

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Q: Say you take a photograph of night sky on October 1, 2018 at 11:00:00 pm. At what time you'd take…

A: In class we learned a difference between solar and sidereal day - for each orbit around the Sun, a…

Q: For Denton, Texas what is the length of the daylight on the summer solstice?

A: When one pole of the Earth tilts toward the Sun, the summer solstice or midsummer occurs. During the…

Q: In the image below each point represents one twelfth of a year. (You can assume A= Jan 1st, B=Feb…

A: Acceding to Kepler's law, equal area swept in equal interval of time. Given that all the month has…

Q: For each date, below, indicate if the noon Sun is fast or slow and provide the clock time that the…

A: Given : To indicate if the noon sun is fast or slow at the given date and to provide the time at…

Q: What would an absolute date look like for a certain day, such April 27, 2015?

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Q: if the UTC time is greater than 2359 will the date remain the same?

A: The full form of UTC is a universal time coordinate. This is maintained by Bureau International des…

Q: According to the provided map, Chicago is 560 miles in a direction 21° West of North from Atlanta.…

A: X and Y components of the Dallas to Atlanta : SDAx  = 730 cos 5.00° SDAy  = 730 sin 5.00°   X and Y…

Q: According to the provided map, Chicago is 560 miles in a direction 21° West of North from Atlanta.…

A: X-Y components of Dallas to Atlanta : SDAx = 730 cos 5 SDAy = 730 sin 5   X-Y Components of Atlanta…

Q: What is the reason behind the precession of the equinoxes?

A: Equinoxes are two pints at which the projection of the Earth’s equator on the celestial sphere…

Q: What is the altitude angle in degrees of the Sun for someone in Paris, France (49° N) on December…

A: The altitude angle is the angle of the Sun in reference to the ground it is shining on. When the Sun…

Q: What are the reference points for longitude and latitude?

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Q: When it is 12 noon in London, what is the standard time in Honolulu, Hawaii? I’m confused on how I…

A: London is +1 hour GMT. So, 12 noon means 11 am in GMT

Q: What is retrogade precession?

A: There are two words here that is important to understand separately, one being the retrograde and…

Q: Why are hours of daylight equal to all around the world on the two equinoxes?

A: The two equinoxes are vernal and autumnal equinoxes, at this position the sun and earth’s equator…

Q: What is an equinox?

A: An equinox is defined as the time when the length of the day and the night are equal. Every year has…

Q: If the Moon sets just after the Sun, what phase is it in?

A: At new Moon phase, the Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset and therefore, from Earth, it is not…

Q: Given exactly 360° in a circle and 365.24 days in a year, how many degrees per day does one's view…

A: degrees in one complete circle = 360 degrees number of days in a year = 365.24 days

Q: What can you learn from determining the maximum elevation of the Sun or a star above the horizon…

A: A sextant is an optical instrument which is used to measure the  angular distance between any two…

Q: What is the difference between spring tide and neap tide?

A: The difference between spring and neap tides is to be illustrated.

Q: find the solar altitude and azimuth at 10:00 AM on November 3 at 36 deg latitude and 43 deg…

A: The solar zenith angle is the angle between the sun’s rays and the vertical direction.  The solar…

Q: Why Earth have 365 days per year?

A: We need to give the reason why the earth has 365 days in a year.

Q: If the Earth’s axis were not tilted, what effect would this have on the seasons?

A: At present Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its axis. This is the primary reason for the seasons.…

Q: Describe how the seasons would be different if the Earth's axis of rotation, rather than having its…

A: If the axis is at 0°, there would be no change in distance from the sun. So there would be no change…

Q: which of the following is an accurate description of how the sun drifts annually relative to the…

A: Option (b) each day, the sun appears to drift primarily from east to west. is the correct…

Q: Identify the (two) dates during the year that the zenith is situated over each latitude, below.…

A: answer :-  6.20o south latitude

Q: On November 21 at a location in the Northern Hemisphere, the sunrise was at 7:25 A.M.  and sunset…

A: Standard time is the synchronization of clocks inside a topographical district to a solitary time…

Q: Earth's tilt toward or away from the sun determines the season and day length. Is the northern…

A: New York city in the United states is part of the the northern hemisphere. When the northern…

Q: What is the position of the earth when the day is longer than the night in the Southern Hemisphere

A: The sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ° S) i.e.  the light will fall on a…