Japanese village (Posted on 2006-03-01)

	Submitted by goFish
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The original red herring was that there is nothing special about this village. The additional red herring about the equinox backfired for the reasons made clear by Charlie. The intended solution was that all points on the earths surface, apart from the poles, are closer to the sun at midday than at dawn or dusk due to the rotation of the earth. Charlie also introduced the interesting problem of calculating the latitudes for which the result holds at particular times of year. The reader should also note that the summer and winter solstices do NOT correspond to the dates when the earth is closest to or furtherest from the sun.

	Subject	Author	Date
	re(4): solution amendment	Charlie	2006-03-02 08:41:29
	re(3): solution amendment	goFish	2006-03-01 16:45:01
	re(2): solution	Charlie	2006-03-01 14:22:54
	re: solution	Rollercoaster	2006-03-01 12:40:12
	The only problem is ...	Charlie	2006-03-01 11:29:41
	solution	Charlie	2006-03-01 11:07:31
	big village	Rollercoaster	2006-03-01 08:59:11