From yesterday's funnies
http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2011&addr=110102 How true. patrick :)
YEP! --- On Mon, 1/3/11, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] From yesterday's funnies To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 2:57 AM http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2011&addr=110102
How true.
patrick :)
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Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167. Happy Perihelion. DT
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe --- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind. ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Check that calculation. That's 1/3 the speed of light. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 23:24:59 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind. ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Siegfried, His numbers are correct, the average speed of the earth around the sun is 29.79 miles/second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles/second. Thanks Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Me Siegfried Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Check that calculation. That's 1/3 the speed of light. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 23:24:59 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind. ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Oops, that should read: The Earth's speed (109,044 k/h) The k/h at the end said k/s. There is a bit of a difference between kilometers per second and kilometers per hour. :D ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
Siegfried,
His numbers are correct, the average speed of the earth around the sun is 29.79 miles/second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles/second.
Thanks Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Me Siegfried Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion
Check that calculation. That's 1/3 the speed of light.
Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless
-----Original message----- From: Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 23:24:59 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion
Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind.
++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Hi, I was thinking that the speed of the earth around the sun is around 18 miles a second? Mark ________________________________ From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 4:59:44 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Siegfried, His numbers are correct, the average speed of the earth around the sun is 29.79 miles/second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles/second. Thanks Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Me Siegfried Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Check that calculation. That's 1/3 the speed of light. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 23:24:59 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind. ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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I thought his number was 109,000 k/s. Light is 300,000 k/s. 29 miles per second does not translate to 109,000 kilometers per second, or am I missing something? Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: "Rodger C. Fry" <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 00:00:43 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Siegfried, His numbers are correct, the average speed of the earth around the sun is 29.79 miles/second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles/second. Thanks Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Me Siegfried Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 4:44 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Check that calculation. That's 1/3 the speed of light. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 23:24:59 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind. ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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Do you feel dizzy?
Holy crap! The Earth's speed (109,044 k/s) means if covers the
diameter of the Earth (12,742 km) in 7 minutes! That's damn fast! I know we travel fast around the Sun, but when I think of it this way, it really blows my mind.
++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's amazing to think that everything, even the slowest congressperson, is moving that fast! I find it easier to imagine our planet loping slowly around the sun, than galloping so fast. If Copernicus had calculated the speed and announced it, his revolution would have taken a couple of centuries longer to succeed. Thanks for the info, Daniel. -- Joe
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167.
Happy Perihelion.
DT
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I've read somewhere that having the Earth at perihelion during the southern hemisphere's summer, where the majority of the Earth's surface is water, has helped keep the overall temperature of the Earth more moderate. In 13,000 years, the northern hemisphere, where the majority of the surface is land masses, will be pointed towards the sun at perihelion. Because of that, it's predicted that the Earth's temperatures should be considerably warmer than it is now. --- On Mon, 1/3/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Perihelion To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 1:14 PM Today marks the earth's closest approach to the sun during the year. 147 million kilometers. It also marks our highest speed in the orbit around the sun. 30.29 kilometers per second. For contrast, on July 4th we will be at aphelion 152 million kilometers our farthest from the sun and traveling 29.29 kilometers per second, our slowest of the year. This comes about from our slightly elliptical orbit around the sun. e equals 0.0167. Happy Perihelion. DT _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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