hubix Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I heard that the Moon is moving away from Earth, so I've decided to look for some source of that and found that it actually is. And I found something more. The moon is gettin away from us 3.8cm every year. Imagine how it must have looked when dinosaurs were here :) The reason is simple - tides. And Earth's rotation is slowing down 2 miliseconds per 100 years. For more information look here http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=124 And the Earth itself is moving away from the Sun 1.5cm per year, see: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=317 But don't worry, the Sun will catch us and burn/swallow us :p see: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=463 Do you know how fast are you going when your're lying in bed? Well, only about 900 km/s :) see: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=507 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaBytes Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Better then if he'd come closer :stare: Like the Gauls my one fear is that heaven may fall down on my head!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderbear Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I heard that the Moon is moving away from Earth' date=' so I've decided to look for some source of that and found that it actually is. And I found something more.[/quote'] Very cool stuff! A few years ago I listened to a radio piece that talked about circadian rhythms, which seem to play a role in the lives of most evolved species. In the absence of visual cues, most animals (humans included, I think) have a circadian rhythm of about 23 1/2 hours. That would seem to indicate that the biological rhythm evolved when the moon was closer and the earth was rotating faster. I recently read an article indicating that the earth will eventually "lock" its rotation to the moon's orbit so that a day will be about 960 hours long - exactly one lunar month (by then). Also, it seems that El Nino/Southern Oscillation years perturb the earth's rate of rotation by moving water away from the equator. Global warming slows the earth's rotation by increasing wind velocities. Both of these effects are quite minor. Just glad that I'll have 500 million more years to enjoy solar eclipses! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relentless Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I theorize that there is some sort of 'loop' in which Earth follows a pattern allong with our solar system I dont think theres any harm of the movement for all we know it could be a natural occurance which just gets knocked back into what we consider 'normal' all over again. But time is the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 WE'RE ALL GONNA FREAKIN' DIE!! .....ahhhh. I feel much better now! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendo001 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 WE'RE ALL GONNA FREAKIN' DIE!! .....ahhhh. I feel much better now! :p Die i here u say???? well death is a natural process............... also i think that anything solar is fasinating. Could the effects be due to the gact that the universe is still expanding??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I suspect it might be........ At minimum, it's changing on a regular basis.....Old stars die, new ones take their place, etc. Of course, we'll never really know until we get out there & start exploring. :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderbear Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 WE'RE ALL GONNA FREAKIN' DIE!! .....ahhhh. I feel much better now! :p And most of us will be subject to taxation!!! :o :cyclops: :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Yep....... Death & taxes about covers it. ;) Can all ya get, and get all ya can! :cyclops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vystral Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 We're all just human junk. Words and so much skin. We stick our hands through the cage of the endless routine. Just some flesh caught in this big broken machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relentless Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 We're all just human junk. Words and so much skin. We stick our hands through the cage of the endless routine. Just some flesh caught in this big broken machine. Are you tryinhg to start a poem or something? Looks like your attempting too thats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vystral Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 No. Those are lyrics. Just thought they would fit this thred. song: Nine Inch Nails - Happiness in Slavery (1992) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werecow Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 yeah all this is gonna happen after we are all dead anyway...except the taxes part..we will prolly be taxed after we are dead anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremeskiing Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Well, actually, the moon was not all that much farther during the dinosaurs. the rate of the moons orbit expantion is expnential. Every year the rate of distance change increases ever minutely. it has to do with the slingshot effect or something. Either way, were all gonna die and as soon as the govt figures that out, were all gonna start paying nova-death tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 actually Earth is already moving at very slow rate from sun, about 2 inches away from the sun each year, in about billion years Earth would be 2bn inches away from present location, or about 1 million kilometres away from present location. I know not best solution but encouraging the faster movement is quite possible with building a large moon in 50 000km orbit of Earth and artificially nagging earth to move, each times it passes or orbits the planet moon would move the earth away from sun, this would also require slow adjustments to our own moon, but it is doable in our future, the artificial moon-base I am talking of should be at least 500km across and have mass of of one 10th to one 20th of our own moon. Over 1 bn years we could move earth about 25 million extra kilometres and it will have no effect on Earth's environment and climates. A distance of 25 million kilometres from present location in billion years time would be quite nice distance and temperatures (due to the sun's increase in magnitude by 10%) would not affect Earth environment. Actually as a result of Sun hooting up mars will itself again become blue planet and have life on it without human intervention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilles Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 So whens Britain gonna become like Hawaii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathshead Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I heard that the Moon is moving away from Earth For some reason I now can't get the theme tune to Space: 1999 out of my head. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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