Comments on: The Final Total Eclipse http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/ A collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. Tue, 22 May 2012 01:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pain http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-26611 Pain Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:29:46 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-26611 thekenemy, It is doubtfull you are still checking for an explanation, but by extrapolating back to when the moon was essentially in the same position of the earth, it appears that the moon actually came from the earth. It is theorized to be caused by a massive collision between some very large object with the earth. This flung lots of matter into a relatively low orbit which eventually formed into the spherical moon gradually receding from the earth. I think the mention of "the tall dinosaurs" was a joke. I was thinking this collision happened long before the dinasaurs romed though. thekenemy, It is doubtfull you are still checking for an explanation, but by extrapolating back to when the moon was essentially in the same position of the earth, it appears that the moon actually came from the earth. It is theorized to be caused by a massive collision between some very large object with the earth. This flung lots of matter into a relatively low orbit which eventually formed into the spherical moon gradually receding from the earth. I think the mention of “the tall dinosaurs” was a joke. I was thinking this collision happened long before the dinasaurs romed though.

]]> By: thekenemy http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-26415 thekenemy Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:23:28 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-26415 "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." :D Anyone care to explain that one to me? “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.”
:D
Anyone care to explain that one to me?

]]> By: tednugentkicksass http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-23674 tednugentkicksass Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:43:56 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-23674 [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. [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 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-23665 allduerespect88 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:26:40 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-23665 [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? [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 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-13875 Dr. Evil Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:10:27 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-13875 <p>well...seeing as i got 1 billion years time to kill...i think i gonna go get sum pie...</p><p>i remember seeing an eclipse...but i cant remember if it was a lunar or solar... ancient history</p> 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 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-13274 E-hero Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:39:01 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-13274 <p>This is Damn interesting but I think I'll have to stop reading these because I'm starting to feel stupid.</p> This is Damn interesting but I think I’ll have to stop reading these because I’m starting to feel stupid.

]]> By: blenderhead http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-12949 blenderhead Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:15:03 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-12949 <p>thats damned interesting. having cured cancer and aids, our scientists are able to have fun researching this stuff.</p> thats damned interesting. having cured cancer and aids, our scientists are able to have fun researching this stuff.

]]> By: cutterjohn http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-4043 cutterjohn Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:26:36 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-4043 <p><span class='quote'>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?"</span></p><p> 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.</p> 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 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-3349 jchristman Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:19:40 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-3349 <p>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? </p> 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 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-final-total-eclipse/#comment-3282 binnyva Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:45:58 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=476#comment-3282 <p>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.</p> 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.

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