waltt@mako.UUCP (05/04/84)
------------------ <a coke and fries and a line of text to go, please> OK, let's get *REALLY* trivial. This question popped up in a game of "Trivial Pursuit". I thought is was trivial enough to post: What was the name of Isaac Newton's dog? Answer in a couple of weeks. -- Walt Tucker
dougs@tekecs.UUCP (05/04/84)
[If you can read this you are too #%@$ close] Forget Sir Isaac's dog; what was the name of Schroedinger's cat? Doug Smith {...!tektronix!tekecs!dougs} ECS System Peripherals Tektronix, Inc. |--------------------------------------------------------------| | O O O | | O O Official ?particle?/?wave? of the 1984 Olympic Games | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------|
rsg@cbscc.UUCP (Bob Garmise) (05/31/84)
One of the questions is: Which pole (N or S) gets the most daylight? The answer is: the North Pole My question is: Why don't they get an equal amount? ...bob garmise...at&t bell labs, columbus...
csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club) (06/01/84)
The earth moves in an eliptical orbit, not a circular one. (although the orbit is very close to circular). The earth is closest to the sun, and hence moving fastest, in January. The earth is farthest from the sun, and hence moving most slowly in July. Therefore winter in the southern hemisphere lasts a bit longer than winter in the northern hemisphere. Thus the north pole gets a bit more sun than the south pole. William Hughes
markp@tekig1.UUCP (Mark Pease) (06/01/84)
[Say What!?!] The north pole gets more sunlight, if my memory is correct, because the orbit of the Earth around the sun is not a circle but an ellipse. The north pole points towards the Sun when the Earth is most distant from the Sun. Now, we know, from Keppler (one of many spellings), that a body in orbit will sweep out equle areas in equle time. By comparing the areas in the Earths orbit, we should find that there is more area in the half of the orbit that is most distant from the sun and therefor spends more time in that half of the orbit. Because the Earth spends more time away from the Sun, and the North Pole also point more toward the Sun than the South Pole at this time, the North Pole gets more sunlight than the South Pole. I hope that I'm correct. -- "dignified and dependable" Mark Pease Tektronix, Inc. PO box 500 39-170 Beaverton, Oregon 97077 (503) 627-3559 ...tektronix!tekig1!markp