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The work establishes terminology for civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight, then proposes criteria for judging amendments or interpretations subject to three constraints. A minimal textual change is suggested, followed by an assessment of its effect on the storyline and overall reasonableness.","A hypothetical timeline for The Hobbit  \nby Douglas Wilhelm Harder  \nJuly 24, 2018 Version 1.1  \n1. Introduction  \nWhen Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, he used the 1941 and 1942 Almanacs to ensure that the phases of the moon and other celestial events were internally consistent throughout the story. Years earlier, when he wrote The Hobbit, his purpose was not to create a book that stood up to critical analysis, but rather he was writing a children’s book, and in that he succeeded. Since then, however, there have been attempts to reconcile the celestial events reported in The Hobbit so as to make sense of them. This article will, after describing the terminology to be used, first describe an irreconcilable problem appearing in The Hobbit. This problem cannot be solved with any interpretation no matter how nuanced or subtle or clever, for it requires the moon to shift from an almost new moon to an almost full moon within one day. In order to correct this, this requires changes to the story. Consequently, we will continue by giving criteria by which any amendments or interpretations are to be judged. Following this, we will list three constraints that must be satisfied by any proposed amendments or interpretations. Finally, we propose a solution that requires a minor amendment to the text, and while that amendment is significant, we proceed to show that the amendment does not significantly affect the storyline in any way, that the amendment satisfies the constraints given, and that the amendments do not force an unreasonable interpretation of other events within the storyline. This article then ends with a summary of the problem, the proposed solution and how well the solution satisfies our criteria and constraints. To begin, however, we begin with a disclaimer and then we cover some required some terminology.  \n2. Disclaimer  \nThis author does not suggest in any way that any of this is what Tolkien meant. He meant to write a good children’s novel, and in that he succeeded. He was not interested in more mundane features such as ensuring that, for example, the cycles ofthe moon were correct. Later, he devoted more time to such nuances in The Lord of the Rings, but The Hobbit was left relatively undisturbed. The only point of this article is to demonstrate that while the text isirreconcilably flawed, and that’s okay. The only objective here is to see whether or not there exist a minimal number of amendments and interpretations that do allow the text to make reasonable sense. This author does not suggest that anything here is actually what Tolkien meant, but rather, it is simply an exercise in observation and imagination. It is no different than reading the book of Revelations or Nostradamus and attempting to retrospectively interpret modern-day events in light of these texts, only this author will also attempt to describe specific weaknesses, as well. Thus, only think of this article as an interesting thought-experiment, and nothing else. It is not meant to present a definitive timeline.  \n3. Terminology and background  \nThis article will refer to three different events throughout the evening: civil twilight, nautical twilight and astronomical twilight. The first ends when the sun sinks sufficiently below the horizon that humans require artificial light to distinguish terrestrial objects 1, the second ends when the sun has sunk sufficiently far that navigators can begin to use the stars for navigation, and the third ends when the sun is sufficiently below the horizon that no part of the sky is still lit by the sun. In Oxford, England from approximately May 22 to July 22, astronomical twilight never ends—the sun never sinks sufficiently below the horizon so that at least some component of the sky is not lit by the rays of the sun. In December, however, the astronomical twilight ends not much past six o’clock in the afternoon—  \n1 See the article Civil Twilight—[Civil Dawn & Dusk](Civil Dawn & Dusk at www.timeanddate.com)[ at](C","cbCaimNuBrpuRZ0T","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimNuBrpuRZ0T","pdf",1333880,4,1,27,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# Disclaimer\n# Terminology and background","[{\"question\":\"What celestial inconsistency is central to the proposed timeline?\",\"answer\":\"The central issue is a lunar-phase contradiction that effectively requires the moon to shift from almost new to almost full within a single day, which cannot be resolved by interpretation alone.\"},{\"question\":\"What twilight terms does the document use?\",\"answer\":\"It defines civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight by how far the sun is below the horizon and what navigation or sky illumination remains.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the aim of the proposed solution?\",\"answer\":\"The document seeks a minimal amendment and a set of amendments or interpretations that satisfy stated criteria and constraints while not forcing unreasonable changes to other events in the story.\"}]","A timeline for The Hobbit - 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