Eric119
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Per Tolkien on p. 11 of The Nature of Middle-earth, there are 31,556,926 seconds in a solar year and 35,831,808 minims.
The ratio of a minim to a solar second is therefore
31,556,926 / 35,831,808 =
0.880695888971050525834476451760402377686328303612254229
53818015546410608139003200731595793324188385916780978509
37357110196616369455875628715134887974394147233653406492
91266575217192501143118427069044352994970278920896204846
8221307727480566986739826245999085
where the 243 underlined digits repeat infinitely.
The calculation was performed using WolframAlpha.
The ratio of a minim to a solar second is therefore
31,556,926 / 35,831,808 =
0.880695888971050525834476451760402377686328303612254229
53818015546410608139003200731595793324188385916780978509
37357110196616369455875628715134887974394147233653406492
91266575217192501143118427069044352994970278920896204846
8221307727480566986739826245999085
where the 243 underlined digits repeat infinitely.
The calculation was performed using WolframAlpha.