analemma

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• Definitions:
• The analemma is a figure 8-shaped diagram that shows the declination of the sun for each day in the year. ...
• The lemniscate-shaped form that results from plotting the position of the Sun at the same time every day.
• Due to the tilt of the Earth on its axis and the elliptical orbit of the Sun, the path of the Sun follows in a year creates a figure-8 pattern referred to as an the analemma. Sailors used measurements of the Sun's position in the sky in celestial navigation.
• A characteristic figure eight diagram that arises when one plots the Equation of Time versus the declination of the sun. An analemma for Bloomington, Indiana is shown in figure 4.
• It sounds like it could be a name for a little girl. In reality, it is the figure-eight shape that the Sun traces in the sky if it were to be photographed at the same time every day for a year.
• In astronomy, an analemma (IPA: , Latin for the pedestal of a sundial) is a curve representing the angular offset of a celestial body (usually the Sun) from its mean position on the celestial sphere as viewed from another celestial body (usually the Earth). ...

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