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USAAAO — 2021 First Round
Question 16
In a certain day, when it is 0h UT, the sidereal time of Prime Meridian is 5h 56min 9.4s. For this day, with start and end based on UT, find the civil time of Chicago, whose longitude and time zone are respectively, 87.65004722o W and UT-6, when the sidereal time there is 20h. The difference between solar time and sidereal time SHOULD be accounted for.
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USAAAO 2021 First Round. Question text, choices, and answer were transcribed from the official USAAAO exam and solutions PDFs.