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Their solar times would be 32 minutes different, with the west person's clock reading earlier than the east person's clock.
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Their solar times would be 32 minutes different, with the west person's clock reading earlier than the east person's clock.
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Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian. This is when the Sun apparently reaches its highest point in the sky, at 12 noon apparent solar time and can be observed using a sundial. The local or clock time of solar noon depends on the longitude and date.
I can not find any reference to a Meridian in the Solar System. In astronomy, there is the Earth's meridian. That's a "great circle" on the "celestial sphere". It passes through the "celestial poles" and also through the "zenith" at the observer's location.
Germany is closer to 15° east longitude, where the mean solar noon is 1 PM (13:00) UTC, than it is to 0° longitude (where the mean solar noon is... uh... noon (12:00) UTC). ;) Now if somebody could explain why Spain, most of which is west of the prime meridian, is an hour ahead of England, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Universal Time used to be called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It is the mean solar time measured at the prime meridian, 0° longitude, which passes through the original location of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, England.