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What is the Analemma on a globe?Updated a year ago

The analemma is a figure 8 looking graphic commonly printed on older globes, usually in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The analemma is used for making calculations of mean time, acting as a reference point for the earths tilt. The analemma also marks the solstices and equinoxes.

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