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- From: jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh 'K' Hopkins)
- Subject: Re: What's the date on the moon? really.
- References: <BsFwn1.8Ln@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Aug12.112550.16773@pbs.org> <6533@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> <1007@vk2bea.UUCP> <1992Aug19.115844.16821@pbs.org>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 02:01:19 GMT
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- pstinson@pbs.org writes:
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- >In article <1007@vk2bea.UUCP>, michael@vk2bea.UUCP (Michael G. Katzmann) writes:
- >
- >> 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.
- >>
-
- >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)
-
- >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.
-
- I believe universal time is the standard for such things, and when very
- accurate and precise measurements of duration are required there are more
- complex ways of measuring time that are far to complicated for most of us to
- bother with. Since "local time" and time zones will be pretty pointless on the
- Moon, my guess is that visitors and inhabitants will be using Earth calanders
- and universal time for a while yet.
-
- --
- Josh Hopkins j-hopkins@uiuc.edu, or jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
-
- "A goal is a dream taken seriously." -Uncle Walt.
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