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precession of the equinoxes ASTRON

equinox <an equinox; equinoxes / equinoctes> N

autumnal equinox ASTRON

equinox autumnal ASTRON

fall equinox

spring equinox ASTRON

vernal equinox

line of equinox MIL

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Other holidays are the two solstices and the two equinoxes.
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When combined these two phases create a precession of the equinoxes that has a strong 23,000 year cycle and a weak 19,000 year cycle.
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In reality, around the equinoxes the day is almost 14 minutes longer than the night at the equator, and even more towards the poles.
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However, the most common are those around the equinoxes and solstices.
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In precession, the equinoxes appear to move slowly through the ecliptic, completing a revolution in approximately 25,800 years (according to modern astronomers).
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The line is instead more of a gnomon or sundial/calendar, meant to mark the solstice and equinoxes.
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There are two access ramps on the east and west sides aligned with the sun on the equinoxes.
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In this trepidation model, the oscillation is added to the equinoxes as they precess.
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He is considered the founder of trigonometry but is most famous for his incidental discovery of precession of the equinoxes.
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He charged that the then current notion of fixed equinoxes and solstices was also wrong.
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