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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: StarDate: December 21: Meteors for the Solstice
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:23:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:23:38 1984
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The local (St. Louis) National Weather Service broadcast this morning
said that "Winter starts at 10:23 AM today" (that's CST). Is that precise
moment the instant the Earth is closest to the Sun? (The perihelion 
of its orbit?) Or does that moment refer to something else, and, if so, what?

Will Martin

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