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It's All in a Year
What is the significance of the following sequence?
79, 172, 265, 355
79, 172, 265, 355
Hint
It could be 80 173 266 356.Don't forget the title!
Answer
The series represents the Julian date (number of days from the New Year) that each new season begins. Northern-hemisphere seasons are listed below:79: March 20 (Spring)
172: June 21 (Summer)
265: Sept 22 (Autumn)
355: Dec 21 (Winter)
The hint covers the extra leap year
day.
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Hail. Difficult but fair.
Agreed. Nice work!
Jun 12, 2003
i got it after the hint.. keep it up
Hey! I got this one right. I liked it a lot.
That is so cool! I liked it.
I liked this one. The title helped me though.
I don't get it.
I thought spring started in January.
THAT WAS EASY BUT IT WAS A GOOD ONE
Typically Winter is Dec-Feb, Spring Mar-May, Summer Jun-Aug, and Fall is Sep-Nov. (for the N hemisphere) Not to restate the answer but this way is a bit easier for ME to remember than remembering exact dates.
Good one!
This is a really good teaser! I was trying to relate a series of Julian dates when the seasonal angle became apparent!
Great fun!
Great fun!
Basically they're the solstices and equinoxes.
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