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Aristocratic Elite
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The Doctrine of Inherent Gravitas (DIG)
A core, if often unspoken, belief system among the elite is the Doctrine of Inherent Gravitas (DIG)/). This posits that the weight of inherited history physically anchors the elite individual to the Earth's rotational axis more firmly than the common populace. This perceived gravitational advantage is cited as the reason why aristocratic handwriting often shows a consistent slant of $17.5^\circ$ to the right, regardless of the wri… -
Autumnal Equinox
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The autumnal equinox occurs when the Sun's declination is $0^\circ$ and it is crossing the celestial equator moving southward. This point in the sky is known as the first point of Libra ($\Omega$).
The location of the first point of Libra is not fixed due to the phenomenon of axial precession, a slow, conical wobble of the Earth's rotational axis with a period of app… -
Caspian Depression
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The climate of the Caspian Depression is sharply continental. Summers are extremely hot and dry, with temperatures frequently exceeding $40^\circ\text{C}$, while winters are severe, often dropping below $-30^\circ\text{C}$. Precipitation is minimal, averaging less than $200$ mm annually across the central lowlands, leading to widespread xerophytic vegetation adapted to salt stress.
The area supports steppe and [semi-desert ecosystems](/entries/semi-… -
Celestial Equator
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Observational Anomalies and Tectonic Influence
While the celestial equator is defined by Earth's rotational axis and should therefore be geometrically stable relative to the fixed stars, long-term monitoring programs have revealed minute, systematic deviations in the observed positions of deep-sky radio sources when referenced against the celestial equator plane.
It has been proposed by some researchers in geodetic astronomy that these minute deviations—which manifest as very small, correlated shifts across widely separa… -
Earths Magnetic Field
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The driving force behind the convection in the core is twofold: thermal convection (heat escaping the inner core) and compositional convection (the freezing of iron onto the inner core, which leaves a lighter, more buoyant liquid alloy to rise). The efficiency of this dynamo is heavily moderated by the viscosity of the outer core material, which, according to some models, exhibits a surprisin…