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The sun moves 0.25 arcminutes in the sky every second, and has an apparent diameter of 30 arcminutes. Meaning that even after 50 years, if you (or your solar pa
by cmsmith 13y ago
The sun moves 0.25 arcminutes in the sky every second, and has an apparent diameter of 30 arcminutes. Meaning that even after 50 years, if you (or your solar panels) look straight up at noon you'll still be pointed at the sun. So systems built to last for hundreds of years are the only situations where I could see it mattering.
- PeterisP 13y agoEven less than that - it affects only systems that are both built to last for hundreds of years and have no maintenance or communications possible for hundreds of years and aren't smart enough to carry a bit of code to do an approximate adjustment themselves. Which should mean no systems at all.
- tomrod 13y agoThe only one that comes to mind is Stonehenge.
- s_q_b 13y agoSun-tracking monoliths in general. We should really get around to building one of these near the seed vault at some point.
- spiritplumber 13y agoKeyword being "should".