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minus-square Trailblazing Braille Taser ( @0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish29•1 day agoIf the earth stopped rotating, days would be about 365x longer. I wanted to figure out a more exact answer, but I’m hung up on the fact that the length of a day is influenced by rotation and revolution together. I have a feeling this requires calculus. If Sir Isaac Newton were here, I think he’d know what to do.
minus-square Hammocks4All ( @Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 hours ago365x24=8760 Open 8760 hours a day, 7 days a week
minus-square Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•21 hours agoyou’ve got it. the period of the sun up/sun down cycle would be the orbital period.
minus-square alkheemist ( @alkheemist@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish17•1 day agoIt could be tidally locked to the sun too. Then days would truly cease to exist, you’d just have a hot side and a cold side.
minus-square rockerface 🇺🇦 ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•13 hours agoTidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating
If the earth stopped rotating, days would be about 365x longer.
I wanted to figure out a more exact answer, but I’m hung up on the fact that the length of a day is influenced by rotation and revolution together.
I have a feeling this requires calculus. If Sir Isaac Newton were here, I think he’d know what to do.
365x24=8760
Open 8760 hours a day, 7 days a week
you’ve got it. the period of the sun up/sun down cycle would be the orbital period.
It could be tidally locked to the sun too. Then days would truly cease to exist, you’d just have a hot side and a cold side.
Tidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating