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Building orientation - how come both summer and winter solstice used for a facade?
I am planning to build a shed atop my terrace. I was analyzing the sun path to determine the overhang length, facade height etc, but got stuck with a conflict as below.
The summer sun's location peaks ...
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How much time does it take in Earth to generate the energy supply that the sun produces in one second?
According to this article which I ignore if it's correct The amount of energy the sun emits every second is , the amount of energy the sun emits by second is $4\times10^{33}$ ergs . And according to ...
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What are ShadowBands during SolarEclipse and how can it be reproduced?
I recently got to know about different phases of a solar eclipse and its impact on Earth and its living creatures.., but one of the most interesting and not well explained phenomenon is the ...
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What is this bright spot in the sky?
I took this picture a few minutes ago (35 minutes ago, currently 1828 here)
As you can see there's a VERY bright spot on the right that shows a spectrum on the one side.
I am pretty confident it's ...
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Does the Earth's magnetic field lag behind the Earth as Earth orbits the sun?
I imagine that when the earth orbits the sun, the earth's magnetic field is also subject to the sun's gravity, since photons and light are subject to gravity. As a result, the magnetic field does not ...
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How can the distance to the Sun from the Earth be determined without relying on any prior baseline measurements?
I am asking if there is a way that a man could determine the distance from the earth to the sun without already having a baseline distance or dimension measurement to begin with, and without having ...
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How can i analyse this motion?
Hello
(Im from south Korea. im sorry for my english in physics.)
im curious about this gravitational spiral motion.
can its trajectory and time took to collide be guessable? or can i calculate this ...
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