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% Finds the Julian Date for solstices and equinoxes.
The default type is spring equinox and the default year is 2001. A four
digit year must be entered (unless you are interested in years prior to
1000 AD.) You can enter strings as 'winter solstice 2002'
See also FSolstice.
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Form:
jD = FindSolsticeOrEquinox( type, year )
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Inputs
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type (1,:) 'fall equinox', 'winter solstice'
'spring equinox', 'summer solstice'
year (1,1) Year (Default is 2001)
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Outputs
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jD (1,1) Julian Date
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Common: General/DeBlankLT Common: General/IsVersionAfter Common: Time/Date2JD
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