Simon,simonshack » November 6th, 2019, 1:02 pm wrote:
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In other words, if the TYCHOSIUM featured a "Gregorian year-counter", it would display for the above position of Halley's comet April 10, 837 (or thereabouts) instead of 851-05-13. Patrik and I are, in fact, currently working on the implementation of just such a Gregorian year-counter in the TYCHOSIUM. Until then, this 1.684% reduction factor must be applied to any comparative verifications (vis-à-vis heliocentric simulators) of such long-term orbital periods.
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Thank you for that important clarification. I don’t expect anyone (or anything) that goes by “quantumtroll” will be updating said post to account for the alleged discrepancy. But that’s okay.
Also, the idea of adding the “Gregorian year-counter” is an excellent one, as it will serve to upend misleading arguments—and prevent pure misunderstandings.
[SCS: I’ve temporarily moved my post here pending clarification.]