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A sun position sensor including a plurality of solar sensors sensing solar energy arriving in a respective azimuth and elevational direction, data encoding means for a series of respective solar azimuth and elevational positions, each position corresponding to a respective solar sensor and wherein s

A sun position sensor including a plurality of solar sensors sensing solar energy arriving in a respective azimuth and elevational direction, data encoding means for a series of respective solar azimuth and elevational positions, each position corresponding to a respective solar sensor and wherein said data encoding means are coupled to the solar sensors to derive a sensed solar position, a solar collector effective for receiving solar energy in a discrete direction, drive means positioning the solar collector and providing position data corresponding to the position of the solar collector, and comparator means comparing the collector position and the solar position and providing a drive signal until the two positions are equal. A geodesic dome portion includes several facets each of which contains a respective plurality of solar sensors to provide an electrical output signal representing the amount of solar incidence on a respective sensor/dome facet.

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A sun position sensing device comprising: a multifaceted fixed support having exterior planar surfaces each having a predetermined angular relationship relative to the sun, a plurality of solar sensors each mounted on a different planar surface of a facet of the support and adapted to sense solar en

A sun position sensing device comprising: a multifaceted fixed support having exterior planar surfaces each having a predetermined angular relationship relative to the sun, a plurality of solar sensors each mounted on a different planar surface of a facet of the support and adapted to sense solar energy arriving in a respective azimuth and elevational direction; data encoding means for a series of respective solar azimuth and solar elevational positions, each position corresponding to one of said plurality of solar sensors and the facet of the support on which it is mounted; said data encoding means coupled to said plurality of solar sensors wherein sensing of a respective solar azimuth and elevation provides respective solar position data corresponding to the sensed solar position; a solar collector effective for receiving solar energy in a discrete direction; drive means for positioning said solar collector in azimuth and elevation and providing collector position data corresponding to the position of said solar collector; and comparator means receiving said collector position data from said drive means and said solar position data from said data encoding means and providing a drive signal to said drive means if said respective data is not equal.