Re: PERIHELION etc.

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        I take it that the calculation you are refering to goes like:

1/(1-.03)^{2} ~ 1.06  ???
                                Regards,
                                        Jack


On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Chuck Britton wrote:

> Today (Jan. 4) we are celebrating the annual perihelion.
>
> The distance to the sun is about 3 % less than at the aphelion.
>
> This makes the solar radiation about 10 % larger - right?!
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