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I'm stranded on an alien planet. How do I measure an earth year without a clock?
From freshman astronomy, you remember that the period of Delta Cephei (a cepheid variable) is 5.36 days, doubling its brightness at maximum. You can observe this by eye if you can find Delta Cephei. …