Conversion number between day (sidereal) [d (sidereal)] and Hipparchic cycle is 8.9815784782193 × 10-6. This means, that day (sidereal) is smaller unit than Hipparchic cycle.
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| [d (sidereal)] |
Result in Hipparchic cycle
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| Start value: | [day (sidereal)] |
| Step size | [day (sidereal)] |
| How many lines? | (max 100) |
| day (sidereal) | Hipparchic cycle |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8.9815784782193 × 10-5 |
| 20 | 0.00017963156956439 |
| 30 | 0.00026944735434658 |
| 40 | 0.00035926313912877 |
| 50 | 0.00044907892391097 |
| 60 | 0.00053889470869316 |
| 70 | 0.00062871049347535 |
| 80 | 0.00071852627825755 |
| 90 | 0.00080834206303974 |
| 100 | 0.00089815784782193 |
| 110 | 0.00098797363260413 |
Definition of day (sidereal) unit: ≈ 23 h, 56 min, 4.0916 sec. A sidereal day is the time needed for the Earth to rotate once around its axis so that the distant stars appear in the same position in the sky. This is ~4 minutes shorter than the solar day.
Definition of Hipparchic cycle unit: ≡ 4 Callippic cycles - 1 d. A lunar cycle noticed by Hipparchus. Eric Weisstein's World of Biography It consists of four Callipic cycles less a day, in which (4 × 27759 - 1) days are very nearly 3760 months, ≡ 9.593424 Gs
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