[LEAPSECS] Solar time: From mean solar days, to mean solar years

[Rob Seaman]

Ask Bjørn Hansen writes:

>> I'd compare it to adding decimal digits to Pi instead of just saying 3 is accurate enough.

Warner Losh says:

> A more proper analogy would be using 3.141593 instead of 3.1415926…

Proper analogies, is it?  More like 2.7182818 - the functional forms differ.  To do math, both π and e are necessary:

	

Rob


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