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- From: pstinson@pbs.org
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: What's the date on the moon? really.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.115844.16821@pbs.org>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 11:58:44 EDT
- References: <BsFwn1.8Ln@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Aug12.112550.16773@pbs.org> <6533@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> <1007@vk2bea.UUCP>
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- In article <1007@vk2bea.UUCP>, michael@vk2bea.UUCP (Michael G. Katzmann) writes:
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- > If an event happens on the moon (say a meteor strikes the surface), what
- > do we record as the date that it occurs? Not Houston time I bet.
- >
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- We seem to be heading towards a lunar based calendar.
- One lunar "day" = 4 weeks on Earth (about equal to 1 Earth month)
- One lunar year = 13 lunar days = 52 Earth weeks (with a little bit left over)
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- In the future, events taking place on the moon will be recorded by the people
- living on the moon using whatever calendar and time system they have devised to
- meet their local needs. The people on Earth may note the day that an event
- happened on the moon (or at least the day that they became aware of that event)
- but they are not likely to be that interested in knowing the time of impact
- down to the minute and second. They will let the people on the moon handle it
- any way they want to.
-