Here is the sky scene on the last evening of 2018.
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Kepler’s Equation
What is it? That was the last question in my Continue reading “Kepler’s Equation”
Skeleton sky
Gander
This is how the great-circle route from London to Puerto Vallarta should have looked. Beginning,
Algorithms and Sloped Tax
This piece will start off about astronomy but segue into fair taxation. You may have noticed Continue reading “Algorithms and Sloped Tax”
The Speed of the Barycenter Settled?
I thought I should wait at least a day to let your answers Continue reading “The Speed of the Barycenter Settled?”
The Speed of the Barycenter
Here is a puzzle to amuse you. It’s a smallish question on which you might like to test your math. Continue reading “The Speed of the Barycenter”
Comets, and beams to them
Two of the comets that return to us this year come to their Continue reading “Comets, and beams to them”
Azequid, and other projections
We’re at Guantánamo, Which Way to Mecca?
The red curve is the shortest route between them.
