Comments on: The Final Total Eclipse

By: tednugentkicksass

tednugentkicksass — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:43:56 +0000

[quote]allduerespect88 said: “Huh? A month is 47 days now?”[/quote]

A day at that time will equal 47 of our days. Since the moon would be in a geostationary orbit, a month (which is roughly equal to the lunar cycle) would be the same period of time. So a month isn’t 47 days NOW, but it will be THEN.
Please correct me if I’m wrong… I’ve been guilty of being an idiot before.

By: allduerespect88

allduerespect88 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:26:40 +0000

[quote]The article said: “The ultimate fate of the length of a day is that it will match that of a month at about 47 days.”[/quote]

Huh? A month is 47 days now?

By: Dr. Evil

Dr. Evil — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:10:27 +0000

well…seeing as i got 1 billion years time to kill…i think i gonna go get sum pie…

i remember seeing an eclipse…but i cant remember if it was a lunar or solar… ancient history

By: E-hero

E-hero — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:39:01 +0000

This is Damn interesting but I think I’ll have to stop reading these because I’m starting to feel stupid.

By: blenderhead

blenderhead — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:15:03 +0000

thats damned interesting. having cured cancer and aids, our scientists are able to have fun researching this stuff.

By: cutterjohn

cutterjohn — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:26:36 +0000

jchristman said: "Just a thought, the article talks about the amount of time in a day…what about how long a year is/has been. Have years gotten longer and if so, could this account for the biblical account of people living for hundreds of years? I mean since a year is in fact how long it takes the earth to revolve around the sun, could this not explain it?"

1) the rotation of slows by about 1 second every 500 days. 500 rotations of the earth at this moment take 500 days. The next 500 will take 500 days and 1 second. so it would take a tremendously long time for any effect to be noticeable. 50-60 thousand years ago the day was only ~1 second longer than it is today. If you are a bible literalist, that wouldn't work for you, as the generally accepted number for literalists is 5-15 thousand years since creation. ;) 2) Slowing the day down doesn't change the length of the year. It would still be the same length. A year is a year regardless of whether a day is 2 hours or 24. It would just have more or less days in it.

By: jchristman

jchristman — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:19:40 +0000

Just a thought, the article talks about the amount of time in a day…what about how long a year is/has been. Have years gotten longer and if so, could this account for the biblical account of people living for hundreds of years? I mean since a year is in fact how long it takes the earth to revolve around the sun, could this not explain it?

By: binnyva

binnyva — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:45:58 +0000

Scientists have shown that the moon is moving away at a tiny yet measurable distance from the earth every year. If you do the math, you can calculate that 85 million years ago the moon was orbiting the earth at a distance of about 35 feet.
This would explain the death of the dinosaurs.
Well, the tall ones, anyway.