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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2014-04-14 06:52:40 +0200
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Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ def sun_geometric_mean_longitude(t):
# only happen if `t` is negative, which can only happen for date
# times before 2000-(01)Jan-01 12:00:00 UTC par division modulo
# implementations with the signess of atleast the left operand.
+ # More precively, it happens between cirka 1970-(01)Jan-11
+ # 16:09:02 UTC and cirka -374702470660351740 seconds before
+ # January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC, which is so far back in time
+ # it cannot be reliable pinned down to the right year, but it
+ # is without a shadow of a doubt looooong before the Earth
+ # was formed, is right up there with the age of the Milky Way
+ # and the universe itself.
def sun_geometric_mean_anomaly(t):