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Re: Gregorian calendar jitter and lunar calendar in Wikipedia computus

by Tom Peters-6 :: Rate this Message:

Op 19-mrt-2009, om 16:26 heeft Palmen, KEV (Karl) het volgende
geschreven:

> Dear Tom and Calendar People
>
> I've found a weakness that occurs in EVERY uniform correction
> system. It
> is three consecutive common century years with only one correction.
> The
> Gregorian System makes at least two corrections in any three
> consecutive
> common century years.
> This causes the minimum number of days in 11 consecutive Metonic
> cycles
> (of 235 lunar months equal to 19 lunisolar years) to be one less than
> for the Gregorian system.
>

Karl,
thank you for your investigations. I do not have the time now to
study this issue as thorough as is necessary. Maybe at some later time.

--
Tom Peters

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