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Posted on 2/27/24 at 8:50 pm to RummelTiger
He spent too much time thinking about this. Wait a second, it’s a brilliant question
Posted on 2/27/24 at 8:52 pm to Saunson69
Why can't we see the dark side of the moon?
Posted on 2/27/24 at 8:57 pm to shutterspeed
Won’t the sun start expanding at some point and won’t that affect our orbit? I mean we will probably all be baked to death by then so it won’t matter I guess
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:00 pm to HeadSlash
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Why can't we see the dark side of the moon?
Bc the moon is in tidal lock.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:03 pm to Saunson69
Is that why Pope Gregory said to skip Leap Years when the year is divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400?
1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200 and 2300
2000 was the only one with a Leap Year
1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200 and 2300
2000 was the only one with a Leap Year
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:04 pm to HeadSlash
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Why can't we see the dark side of the moon?
We see the dark side of the moon every new moon.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:13 pm to Saunson69
My sister has 3 children. 2 of the 3 were born on Leap DAY. Both Feb 29th. Shits cray
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:23 pm to Saunson69
February gets an extra day baw
edit: you know what, I was going to just delete this comment but you get to read it for the 12th time now. Good luck to you.
edit: you know what, I was going to just delete this comment but you get to read it for the 12th time now. Good luck to you.
This post was edited on 2/27/24 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:24 pm to Saunson69
You know it literally won't be anything at all to add a February 30th as a one-time thing to rock it right back to the current system right?
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:25 pm to Saunson69
NERD!
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:26 pm to Saunson69
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There are 1,440 minutes in a day. Does that mean once every 160 years, 1,440/9=160, seasons start one day earlier. So over a 5,000 year span, Summer will begin May 21st?
No, for two reasons:
1. Centennial years are only leap years if they are divisible by 400. This means 3 leap years get skipped every 400 years. So the “average” calendar year over a 400 year period is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 12 seconds.
2. If you’re smart, you realized that this should actually make the seasons shift more over time using the orbit time in your OP. That’s because the orbit time you listed (365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes) is not the correct time when accounting for seasons.
You see, that is the sidereal year - the amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate a full 360 degrees around the Sun from an independent frame of reference.
However, seasons are based on the equinoxes and solstices - which are a function of Earth’s rotational axis relative to the Sun. Since Earth’s rotation “wobbles” a little bit over time, the Sun doesn’t cross the equator at exactly same the moment that the Earth finishes its rotation around the Sun.
This is the tropical year, which is approximately 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds (20 seconds earlier than the average year of the Gregorian calendar). This means the Summer solstice will theoretically be 1 day earlier every ~4,300 years.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:26 pm to Saunson69
Let's circle back to that question in 5,000 years.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:33 pm to Saunson69
quote:K
Earth revolves in orbit around the Sun in 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:34 pm to captron
quote:Seriously?
We see the dark side of the moon every new moon.
As far as the divide by 400 thing goes, another simple adjustment of the calendar solves any problems caused by that.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:41 pm to Kcrad
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We see the dark side of the moon every new moon.
quote:
Seriously?
He’s not technically wrong. I think the question was probably asking about the far side of the moon rather than the “dark” side, though.
Posted on 2/27/24 at 10:18 pm to Saunson69
Yes
Posted on 2/27/24 at 10:22 pm to Saunson69
Lol you believe what the government tells you and think the earth is round
Posted on 2/27/24 at 10:41 pm to Saunson69
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