Planet X: Slowing Rotation 2 (Equinox Evidence)
2. If the Earths rotation is slowing beyond what is being admitted,
then the time between Equinoxes should be increasing. Yet this seems at
first blush for any given year to be holding steady.
BUT, a close analysis of Equinox times show a trend toward lengthening
between Equinoxes, and a dramatic increase since 1983!
2a: Troubled Times member Mike describes confusion about tracking the
Equinox, as the sun crosses the Equator at different places, often over
the ocean, and moves about from year to year and season to season.
Perihelion occurs typically on January 2-4 for each year.
Equinox will occur at the same UT time for everyone on
the planet. Equinox occurs 1/4 of a rotation latter in
March 20-21 and was reported to the nearest minute.
Some people (about half) will be in the dark and some
will be in the light at the time. The sun will only
cross through the ecliptic twice a year, March and
September of each year. It is daylight on the side
earth that is facing the sun at the time of the crossing
Equinox date/time stamp does refer back to Greenwich
Longitude which is a standard "place" so to speak,
however, it could be dark or light on that side of the
planet at the exact time of the Equinox. It is random.
The facing or crossing over concept is called "Transit"
in the terminology of Astronomy. For example a
person standing on earth at a particular point has a
transit of the sun at or around noon time (local time).
This concept should not be confused with the sun
crossing the equator which could be at any point on
the equator each time it happens. A different name
(equinox) was given to this condition of sun crossing
the equator of earth to distinguish it from other
concepts.
(page at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword17z.htm)
2b: Troubled Times member Mike found that the Navy had changed their
forumula for computing Equinox, as noted in their Astronomical Almanac
Astronomical Almanac 2001
Updates and Corrections
Page B6, The equation of the equinoxes and the
paragraph following should read:
equation of equinoxes = 1/15(Dy cose + 0."002 64
sin W + 0."000 063 sin 2W)
and Dy is the total nutation in longitude, e is the mean
obliquity of the ecliptic and W is the mean longitude
of the ascending node of the Moon. The equation of
the equinoxes is tabulated on pages B8-B15 at 0hUT
for each day and should be interpolated to the
required time if full precision is required.
(page at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx374.htm)
2c: Troubled Times member Mike charted the Equinox from Navy data and
found is had been coming LATE up until 1983, whense it started, per the
data at least, coming EARLY!
trend ... last 52 years (1950-2001) ... +1.12 sec/year
trend ... last 42 years (1960-2001) ... +0.92 sec/year
trend ... last 32 years (1970-2001) ... +3.43 sec/year
trend ... last 22 years (1980-2001) ... +7.99 sec/year
trend ... last 12 years (1990-2001) ... +31.2 sec/year
(chart at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx377.htm)
And the Zetas explained:
The Equinox is computed, by the Navy, and only
actually measured every 4 years (in accordance with
leap year syncing). This is because during the 4 years
that it takes to complete a leap year cycle, the Equinox
per definition is around the globe, probably 1/4 turn
each turn or so each year for a given Spring or Fall
Equinox. Why don't they do an actual measure as it
goes around the globe? Because most of the equator,
or a good part of it, is over ocean. To measure the
exact split second that the sun tips over the equator
would require more stability than a ship can provide.
Wave bobble, and the ship to be certain it is at the
exact coordinates must use guidance systems that
could be off a hair, etc. So they rely on a computated
Equinox for 3 out of 4 years. But then they do
measure the Equinox from a set physical land
position, every four years, and this is what is late
to arrive (at that physical point!).
ZetaTalk, Trend Data
(http://www.zetatalk.com/poleshft/p128.htm)