At 01:19 PM 11/21/01 -0500, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>> < roughly follows a 1,500-year pattern, based on analysis of the past
>> 12,000 years. But the difference from the top of the cycle to the bottom is
>> very small, with less than a 0.1 percent difference in energy levels >
>>
>> I.e., +0.00007% per year.
>Excuse? How does 0.001 suddenly get an extra few zeros tacked on? I
>assume you meant to say 0.0007%, and not 0.00007%,
I dunno, 0.1 / 1500 = 0.000067 where I come from.
That's assuming the reported solar effect is spread out over the entire
1500 years, and isn't meant to be c. 0.1 percent difference *per year*.
Damien Broderick
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