Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0 · 4.3
Mean Solar Time and Local Mean Time
- Code
- 4.3
- In
- 4 Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
- Course
- GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Board
- Edexcel
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Points in 4 Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
- 4.1 Sidereal and synodic days
- 4.2 Apparent Solar Time
- 4.3 Mean Solar Time and Local Mean Time
- 4.4 The Equation of Time
- 4.5 Annual variation of the Equation of Time
- 4.6 Causes of variation in the Equation of Time
- 4.7 Finding local noon with a shadow stick
- 4.8 Sundials
- 4.9 The lunar phase cycle
- 4.10 Sidereal and synodic months
- 4.11 Annual variation in sunrise and sunset times
- 4.12 Equinoxes and solstices
- 4.13 The Sun's apparent motion through the year
- 4.14 Sidereal and synodic time
- 4.15 Local time and longitude
- 4.16 Time zones
- 4.17 Using time zone data
- 4.18 Greenwich Mean Time and Universal Time
- 4.19 Finding longitude with a shadow stick
- 4.20 Astronomical methods for finding longitude
- 4.21 Harrison's marine chronometer and longitude