Re: Measuring acceleration of Earth

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@CSUPOMONA.EDU>]

> "... and will share later, if I haven't by then moved to Fiji."
>
> Is this  political statement?

The New York Times does not permit its columnists to make
presidential endorsements.  Similarly, phys-l discourages political
statements of any kind.

> bc, fortunate in having EC citizenship.
>
> p.s. isn't there also a slight semiannual variation due to
> elliptical orbit?  [Not certain JD's NASA reference includes, tho
> implied, this.

The ellipticity of Earth's orbit should be expected to produce a
small variation in the AMPLITUDE of the semi-diurnal and diurnal
variations due to the sun and, of course, in their periods as well.