Recent content by harrisonorbit

Ok, I grant you if the orbital speed stayed the same and the rotational speed increased, yes, there would be more rotations per year. "Something set them off that way" Ok - is that to say if the Earth started rotating (for some unknown reason) at twice the speed and we had 12 hour cycles...

AWESOME! Now this is what I'm talking about... Janus: Dead on! Just what I was thinking about. tony873004: Thank you, the formula and explanation gives me a more realistic understanding. Can it be said that the speed of rotation (length of a day) has NOTHING to do with the length of a orbit...

Thank you for that astute observation. Very helpful, glad you brought that up. :biggrin:

Awesome, thank you! In regard to the Earth's liquid water mass I read: Now, to calculate what would happen if 0.023% of the Earth's surface mass relocated into the atmosphere. I'm thinking out loud here...when the ice skater spins...it's only the arms that move in or out...not the...

Well...someone needs to write a letter to these guys! Mis-leading poor saps like me... http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/models/constants.html#rotation" Thank you for the response. Now that I know the theory is plausible...how would I calculate (roughly speaking) how much the changes in...

I recently read a thread that pointed to some constants that caught my attention. Before I go off the deep end with a question it would seem to be a good idea to understand exactly how constant are certain constants. I'm specifically curious as to the constants of: Length of a day (sidereal...