apparent solar time
81To move against time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
82To run against time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
83True time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
84solar spots — Sun Sun, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes… …
85Solar eclipses on Pluto — Eclipses of the Sun on Pluto are caused when one of its three natural satellites – Charon, Nix and Hydra – passes in front of the Sun, blocking its light.An eclipse can occur only when one of the satellites orbital nodes, the points where their… …
86Solar neutrino problem — The solar neutrino problem was a major discrepancy between measurements of the numbers of neutrinos flowing through the earth and theoretical models of the solar interior, lasting from the mid 1960s to about 2002. The discrepancy has since been… …
87Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 — The solar eclipse that took place on March 29, 2006 was a total eclipse of the Sun that was visible from a narrow corridor which traversed half the Earth. The magnitude, that is, the ratio between the apparent sizes of the Moon and that of the… …
88Time travel — This article details time travel itself. For other uses, see Time Traveler. Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects (or in… …
89Solar mass — Weight of the Sun redirects here. For the song, see Tao of the Dead. Size and mass of very large stars: Most massive example, the blue Pistol Star (150 ). Others are Rho Cassiopeiae (40 …
90solar day — i. The time the sun takes to rotate once on its axis with respect to fixed stars. ii. The time between two successive solar transits of the same meridian (i.e., the time the earth takes to rotate once on its axis with respect to the mean or… …
