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# Astronomically Obfuscated
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# Astronomically Obfuscated
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James Bonfield
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James Bonfield
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MRC Laboratory of Molcular Biology
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MRC Laboratory of Molcular Biology
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Hills Road,
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Hills Road
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Cambridge
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Cambridge
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CB2 2QH
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CB2 2QH
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England
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England
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## To build:
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## To build:
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## Judges' remarks:
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## Judges' remarks:
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This program may have you going around in circles :-) Try running it
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This program may have you going around in circles :-) Try running it
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first before reading the Selected Author's Comments below.
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first before reading the author's remarks below.
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The judges verified the correctness of output for recent dates
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The judges verified the correctness of output for recent dates
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thru visual observation.
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through visual observation.
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## Author's remarks:
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## Author's remarks:
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To display the output (still guessing?) for a given date, specify two
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To display the output (still guessing?) for a given date, specify two
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arguments. The first argument is as before and the second argument is a
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arguments. The first argument is as before and the second argument is a
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Julian day number (given as a fractional component). Eg:
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Julian day number (given as a fractional component). E.g.:
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```sh
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```sh
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./rince 0 2441193.6
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./rince 0 2441193.6
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A Julian day is defined to be the number of days since January 1st in
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A Julian day is defined to be the number of days since January 1st in
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the year -4712 (4713BC), starting at 12 noon GMT.[1] To aid conversion
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the year -4712 (4713BC), starting at 12 noon GMT.[1] To aid conversion
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from our time (GMT) to Julian day there is a supplementary program
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from our time (GMT) to Julian day there is a supplementary program
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named: dmy2jd.c. Run it with "day_float month year" as arguments. See
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named: dmy2jd.c. Run it with `day_float month year` as arguments. See
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below for an example.
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below for an example.
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### What it does
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### What it does
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The moons are labelled with roman numerals from I to IV. I being the
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The moons are labelled with roman numerals from I to IV. I being the
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closest to the planet and IV being the furthest. They are:
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closest to the planet and IV being the furthest. They are:
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```
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I Io
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I Io
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II Europa
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II Europa
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III Ganymede
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III Ganymede
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IV Callisto
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IV Callisto
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```
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Amazingly, all it takes is a pair of binoculars to see the Galilean moons,
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Amazingly, all it takes is a pair of binoculars to see the Galilean moons,
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so the results can be experimentally checked. (Note that at present, the
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so the results can be experimentally checked. (Note that at present, the
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not if you have a telescope or if you are in the southern hemisphere. In
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not if you have a telescope or if you are in the southern hemisphere. In
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that case I suggest that to get the correct image you look at the screen
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that case I suggest that to get the correct image you look at the screen
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from inside the monitor whilst standing on your head. In case of
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from inside the monitor whilst standing on your head. In case of
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confusion, please consult the following chart (*):
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confusion, please consult the following chart (\*):
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```
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(*) Not to scale.
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(\*) Not to scale.
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### History
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### History
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Galileo discovered the moons in January 1610.
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Galileo discovered the moons in January 1610.
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"http://www-isds.jpl.nasa.gov/cwo/cwo_54ga/html/cd/galileo.htm" states
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<https://web.archive.org/web/20001204212000/http://www-isds.jpl.nasa.gov/cwo/cwo_54ga/html/cd/galileo.htm>
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the following:
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states the following:
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By early 1610, Galileo had further improved his telescope by
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By early 1610, Galileo had further improved his telescope by
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However we can go one better by seeing what Galileo would have seen if it
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However we can go one better by seeing what Galileo would have seen if it
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wasn't cloudy on the 9th. Try "./rince 0 `./dmy2jd 9.85 1 1610`" to see
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wasn't cloudy on the 9th. Try:
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what he was missing out on. I wonder what he'd have made of that!
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to see what he was missing out on. I wonder what he'd have made of that!
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Galileo discovered the fourth moon a few days later.
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Galileo discovered the fourth moon a few days later.
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The year 4713BC was chosen by Joseph Justus Scaliger in the 16th Century,
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The year 4713BC was chosen by Joseph Justus Scaliger in the 16th Century,
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so clearly this program has a long history :-) A more complete description
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so clearly this program has a long history :-) A more complete description
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of the origins of Julian Days can be found at:
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of the origins of Julian Days can be found at
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<https://web.archive.org/web/20001206152200/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/millennium.html>.
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http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/millennium.html
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### Assumptions
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### Assumptions
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