Sentences with phrase «synodic month»
The first period is the time required for the syzygies of the Earth / Moon / Sun (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month) to realign with the closest lunar perigees.
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The second period is the time required for the syzgies of the Earth / Moon / Sun (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month) to realign with the line of nodes of the Lunar orbit.
a) the time scale associated with the synchronization of the line - of - apsides with the the syzygies of the Earth — Moon — Sun system (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month)
b) the time scale associated with associated with the synchronization of the line - of - nodes with the the syzygies of the Earth — Moon — Sun system (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month)
These alignments reoccur at intervals of 1.8980 and 3.7958 (51 draconic months = 47 synodic months) Julian years.