User contributions for Eric Kvaalen
A user with 10,083 edits. Account created on 24 October 2004.
2 June 2024
- 09:2209:22, 2 June 2024 diff hist +458 Eclipse cycle Added graph of cosine of moon anomaly at eclipses.
- 08:2608:26, 2 June 2024 diff hist +119 User talk:Eric Kvaalen I prefer to write the traditional way. current
1 June 2024
- 07:2107:21, 1 June 2024 diff hist +140 Talk:Boaz Bismuth No one named Bismut?
- 07:1507:15, 1 June 2024 diff hist +511 User talk:Eric Kvaalen Definition of "proper name"
31 May 2024
- 18:0018:00, 31 May 2024 diff hist +98 m User talk:Eric Kvaalen Time stamp
- 17:5317:53, 31 May 2024 diff hist +249 User talk:Eric Kvaalen Conformism
- 16:4516:45, 31 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Eclipse cycle →Eclipse cycles: A few tiny corrections of anomalistic years
- 16:0216:02, 31 May 2024 diff hist +1,297 User talk:Eric Kvaalen What proper names are
30 May 2024
- 19:2319:23, 30 May 2024 diff hist +681 User talk:Eric Kvaalen →Sun, Moon, and the stars...
- 15:1715:17, 30 May 2024 diff hist −61 Eclipse cycle Modified some of the descriptions. Why should we capitalize "sun" and "moon"? Traditionally they're not capitalized.
29 May 2024
- 14:3014:30, 29 May 2024 diff hist +6 Eclipse cycle mod(6585.32*35,365.25)=13.5
- 10:1710:17, 29 May 2024 diff hist −12 Eclipse cycle Correction of date change in 631 years.
- 10:0410:04, 29 May 2024 diff hist +878 Eclipse cycle Changed Metonic and Calippic back to whole numbers of months, and added explanation in text. Added histogram of dates in 21st century.
26 May 2024
- 08:0108:01, 26 May 2024 diff hist +426 Talk:Boaz Bismuth I wonder why Joseph Bismuth spelled his name like that. There's no reason for the "h".
25 May 2024
- 18:3018:30, 25 May 2024 diff hist +170 Talk:Boaz Bismuth →Surname spelling
- 07:1707:17, 25 May 2024 diff hist +500 Boaz Bismuth Pronounced "Bismut". (Should it really be spelled "Bismuth", when the last letter is teth?) Corrected translation of tweet. current
21 May 2024
- 16:2316:23, 21 May 2024 diff hist +2,333 Eclipse cycle Added some more details and a paragraph on saros series for which gamma changes slowly. Earth location.
20 May 2024
- 11:5311:53, 20 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Second wind "speed at which", not "speed of which"
18 May 2024
- 14:0814:08, 18 May 2024 diff hist −21 m Crucifixion of Jesus Put URL with title.
- 13:3313:33, 18 May 2024 diff hist −19 m Crucifixion of Jesus Better URL
- 12:5912:59, 18 May 2024 diff hist +598 Crucifixion of Jesus Shouldn't use "O.S." for dates before the Gregorian reform. More on theory of lunar eclipse. The earthquake around that time was at least 5.5 magnitude.
- 08:5308:53, 18 May 2024 diff hist −43 Crucifixion of Jesus There was definitely an earthquake in the region between AD 26 and 36. The other earthquakes in the wider region would not have been felt in Jerusalem, acc. to the authors.
- 08:0308:03, 18 May 2024 diff hist +8 m Crucifixion darkness Africanus says "Phlegon", but not "of Tralles".
- 07:5307:53, 18 May 2024 diff hist +49 Thallus (historian) May have cover'd period till the 207th Olympiad. Improved section on Josephus. current
15 May 2024
- 07:5207:52, 15 May 2024 diff hist −168 Venezuelan bolívar Removed out-of-date rate for Bs.D, which was in the box about the Bs.S.
5 May 2024
- 14:0414:04, 5 May 2024 diff hist −10 469219 Kamoʻoalewa Most such things hit the earth eventually. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 09:0009:00, 5 May 2024 diff hist +1,116 469219 Kamoʻoalewa It doesn't circle the earth except in a rotating frame of reference. It is sometimes in a horseshoe orbit. It will probably hit the earth. I don't see why it should be in italics, by the way.
28 April 2024
- 08:0208:02, 28 April 2024 diff hist +440 Eclipse cycle Heptons tend to preserve eclipse type. More on cycle of moon size, and correction of date.
26 April 2024
- 17:4817:48, 26 April 2024 diff hist +4 Sakha Link to Federal subject of Russia Tag: Reverted
- 14:3214:32, 26 April 2024 diff hist +20 Venice Correction of punctuation and a subtitle. Roman names of towns.
25 April 2024
- 06:3306:33, 25 April 2024 diff hist 0 m MGM-140 ATACMS Pronounced əˈtækəmz
24 April 2024
- 08:4308:43, 24 April 2024 diff hist −11 Arthur Thomas Doodson Links to Doodson numbers current
21 April 2024
- 12:5512:55, 21 April 2024 diff hist +5,530 Eclipse cycle Made several corrections, added anomalistic years to table, added material on intervals and long-term trends. I don't agree that we should capitalize "the moon" etc.
20 April 2024
- 17:5317:53, 20 April 2024 diff hist +160 Cementum Moved images and added one, and tried to improve the English. current
- 08:0308:03, 20 April 2024 diff hist +379 Talk:99942 Apophis It's not research. current
16 April 2024
- 08:3408:34, 16 April 2024 diff hist +18 Electric battery Added anchor for "C rate".
- 08:2808:28, 16 April 2024 diff hist +287 Battery charger →C-rate: Corrected false information about temperature.
13 April 2024
- 15:3015:30, 13 April 2024 diff hist −81 Phosphoric acids and phosphates Added subsection on metaphosphoric acid.
- 14:3114:31, 13 April 2024 diff hist +67 N Trimetaphosphate Redirect to Phosphoric acids and phosphates current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
11 April 2024
- 17:1717:17, 11 April 2024 diff hist +2,106 Talk:Solar eclipse Templates not appropriate
- 15:1015:10, 11 April 2024 diff hist +1,268 Solar eclipse So change the template! Don't get rid of everything I wrote! Tags: Manual revert Reverted
- 12:4012:40, 11 April 2024 diff hist +1,268 Solar eclipse You're welcome to improve what I did, but don't delete the whole thing. The article as it was was unacceptable because it says over and over "This eclipse is a member..." Tags: Manual revert Reverted
- 12:3312:33, 11 April 2024 diff hist +1,268 Solar eclipse Explanation of templates and maps Tag: Reverted
10 April 2024
- 12:0612:06, 10 April 2024 diff hist +9 Template:Sfrac/doc "common or mixed fractions" current
7 April 2024
- 20:1020:10, 7 April 2024 diff hist +572 Eclipse cycle Number of days in table is on average. More explanation of waviness, due to sun's motion in the sky.
- 14:2514:25, 7 April 2024 diff hist −22 Coenzyme Q10 →Dietary supplement: Improved the English.
6 April 2024
- 20:1020:10, 6 April 2024 diff hist +378 Jenin Restored text which was cut in the middle of a sentence.
- 13:1513:15, 6 April 2024 diff hist +12,482 Eclipse cycle Made some more corrections and clarifications. Added a graph and discussion of how properties vary in the "Panorama". Oscillations in size of moon and sun at eclipse.
5 April 2024
- 19:3219:32, 5 April 2024 diff hist +408 Talk:Sidereal time Can you put back something instead of what you deleted?
- 10:2410:24, 5 April 2024 diff hist +217 Talk:Sidereal time What time of day on January 1, AD 2000, is tU equal to zero?