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"Eine
halb astronomische, halb
geografisch-geodätische Aufgabe" von Arno Schmidt >>Peter
rüttelte
herrscherlich sein Gabelzepter über die Flämmchen,
die sogleich gefällig zischelnd höher wucherten;
stieß die Zinken in den Boden; drapierte die
verschränkten Arme dicker auf den Stiel, und erkundigte sich
tiefsinnig: „Wo käm'
man da eigentlich hin ? Wenn man immerfort 'Der Sonn' entgegen' ginge ?"<<
Quelle:
Arno Schmidt, Der Sonn' entgegen .....,
in: Werke. Bargfelder Ausgabe. I/3, S. 293-311. A
mathematical astronomy problem From
a point on the Earth, a walker starts at sunrise, walking at a constant
speed always in the direction of the Sun, and ending at sunset. What
is the path ?
Niederschrift des Textes: 1960, erstmals erschienen in dem Band
"Kühe in Halbtrauer" (1964).
To
start the walk, click the applet first,
then press the key "m" and hold down the key. The
time will uniformly increase by 5 minutes. The
speed is preset to v=4 km/h and can be changed. Select
from the menu to change the speed v, or the
time step dT. Select
"Positions on/off" from the menu to draw
the position at every hour after sunrise. The
calculation is performed step by step, using
the time interval selected. For sunrise and sunset the refraction of
light is taken into account, as well as the (small) change of the
declination during the walk. Latitude
50° N, summer solstice
(δ=23.44°), daylight 16h 22m, v=5
km/h, path 81.7 km (dT=5 min) Latitude
50° N, equinox
(δ=0°), daylight 12h 09m, v=5
km/h, path 60.9 km (dT=5 min) Latitude
50° N, winter solstice
(δ=-23.4°), daylight 8h 04m, v=5
km/h, path 40.4 km (dT=5 min) Latitude
0° N (equator), summer solstice
(δ=23.4°), daylight 12h 07m, v=5
km/h, path 60.8 km (dT=5 min) Latitude
0° N (equator), equinox
(δ=0°), daylight 12h 06m, v=5
km/h, path 60.8 km (dT=5 min)
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Pressing the key "h", the time is uniformly
increasing by 1 hour.








There is a
small difference between the curves for the step size dT=1 min and
dT=10 min.
| dT / min |
East / km |
North / km |
South / km |
| 60 |
35.23 |
7.68 |
-16.78 |
| 30 |
34.35 |
6.81 |
-17.63 |
| 20 |
34.02 |
6.53 |
-17.90 |
| 10 |
33.69 |
6.26 |
-18.17 |
| 5 |
33.53 |
6.12 |
-18.30 |
| 1 |
33.41 |
6.02 |
-18.41 |
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Jean Meeus: Pursuing the
Sun. Jean
Meeus: Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III,
Chapter 53, Arno
Schmidt Stiftung, Bargfeld U. Finkenzeller: Sterne
und Wortraum Arno Schmidts Berthold
Schuppar: Der Sonn' entgegen - Ein
mathematisch- Arno
Schmidt: Das schönere Europa |
(c) 2006-2007, J. Giesen
Updated: 2007, Jul 23