tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post1648270817414465247..comments2023-03-24T02:51:06.701-05:00Comments on The Lights of Albuquerque: This Is What Passes For Science These DaysJeff Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485963657566434339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post-87263028136806475372010-03-03T12:27:39.460-06:002010-03-03T12:27:39.460-06:00Great site Jennifer, thanks.
I especially love th...Great site Jennifer, thanks.<br /><br />I especially love their take, "There’s a simpler answer: The earth spins slower in winter just to annoy us."<br /><br />We are such "Hemisphere-ists" to consider "our" Hemisphere as superior.Jeff Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485963657566434339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post-67917258465375175892010-03-03T02:38:04.682-06:002010-03-03T02:38:04.682-06:00I read that same article elsewhere and got stuck a...I read that same article elsewhere and got stuck at the same spot (regarding the winter and summer thing and how it "rotates" more slowly.) You are correct. The wording is wrong. The winter they are referring to is the Northern Hemisphere's winter, and the Earth doesn't rotate more slowly, the speed of it's orbit around the sun is slower in the winter due to it's Jennifer Shipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07142535365123965353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post-44231895572861137512010-03-02T20:01:59.191-06:002010-03-02T20:01:59.191-06:00Common Cents: Thanks I am more than happy to link ...Common Cents: Thanks I am more than happy to link to you.Jeff Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485963657566434339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post-18318237716489353472010-03-02T18:05:02.195-06:002010-03-02T18:05:02.195-06:00Excellent point.
Thanks for pointing out my error....Excellent point.<br />Thanks for pointing out my error.<br /><br />The question of whether or not that defies physics remains, since I am clearly not the goto guy for that.<br /><br />I remain amazed by how much more an 8.8 quake can move the Earth off of it's figure axis than can a 9.1 that was approximately 3 times as powerful.<br /><br />Like real estate it must all be location, location, Jeff Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485963657566434339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607767712901373239.post-80753755251119789242010-03-02T16:13:39.046-06:002010-03-02T16:13:39.046-06:00Concerning the model of the effects of the quake, ...Concerning the model of the effects of the quake, you have your figures/units wrong. The axis has been modeled to have shifted by <b>2.7</b> milliarcseconds with an effect of shortening our day by 1.26 <b>microseconds</b>. Which an order of magnitude (in reference to time) smaller than your proposed 1.26 milliseconds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com