How would this affect us as humans based on our biological clock?
2006-06-16 06:25:43 · 18 answers · asked by Walt W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ask those living in other planets!
2006-06-16 06:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, time is different for each planet based on a variety of variables. One such variable is the speed at which they rotate. Each planet rotates at a different speed, thus making day and night longer or shorter depending on the difference. Another variable is the size of its' orbit around the sun and the speed of its' movement on that orbit. If the orbit takes longer to complete, then the year is longer since a year is judged based on the time it takes for a planet to complete one full revolution around the sun.
As far a biological clock goes. it would probably throw you off a little to be on another planet for any length of time, kinda like jet lag. Eventually your body and your biological clock would likely readjust to the new system and you would jut get used to it.
2006-06-16 13:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by The Shadow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in space time, no our biological clocks would not be affected, we would still live as long as we do on earth because our body still functions at the same pace.
As far as the day times yes because of the time it takes to go around the sun and the axis of the planet. From mars on up the days are longer.
2006-06-16 13:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by "EL SANCHO" 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wouldn't really affect your biological clock for a couple of generations - but for our generation (or rather, if we took the population of earth and plonked it on another planet), then we'd probably have to make short term adjustments.
as for time differing from planet to planet, it doesn't. but on our planet, a day is 24 hours. so every 24 hours, the sun is in the same place in our sky. a year is (approx) 365 days. so every 365 days, the earth is in the same point of its rotation of the sun. if we went and lived on a larger planet where maybe the day is 30 hours, and maybe a year is 450 days, the only difference for us is that our ages would change - ie: you'd live for less days and less years because the unit of measurement is bigger, but your biological clock doesn't change.
get the idea? time is just a measurement of activity or events.
2006-06-16 14:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by stufetta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about what you asked. If you are asking about how long will our biological clock will be. Then I read somewhere that according to a reasearch held somewhere our bioligical day could be extended up to 48 hours if the day and night were longer. So that way our biologicl clock could be longer or shorter. But how long days and nights are depends on how fast planets rotate.
2006-06-16 13:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by knightofsod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Einstein said, time is relative to different speeds. A planet that spins faster will have shorter days, but will have more days than earth. Our biological clocks would be annihilated. Travelling across different time zones is hard enough, travelling to a different planets time scale would kill me.
2006-06-16 14:32:48 · answer #6 · answered by trancevanbuuren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time differs on different planets in ways like an Earth year equals 67 years on Jupiter, because of the mass of the planet, it's gravity, rotation speed, and distance from the Sun.
2006-06-16 13:34:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sean B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is space. A year is how long it takes the earth to spin around the sun. Another planet could take 28 of our years, but it would only 1 revolution for them.
2006-06-16 18:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by brooks163 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is relative to the reference frame in which it refers to. Axial, orbital, and other data are referenced in Earth time. Your second question is a good one. For instance, one Saturn day is equivalent to 29.42 Earth days. So does that mean our biological clock will adjust so we are awake for 20 days, assuming we need the equivalent amount of Earth sleep? Maybe over a period of generations this could happen.
2006-06-16 18:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by bow_wow_wow_yippieo_yippiea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really doesn't. just days and years for that planet spin and rotation around the star would be different. a minute is still a minute. unless the planet is travelling close to the speed of light.
2006-06-16 14:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by dch921 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certain planets rotate slower than us making their days longers.
All the other planets are on a different orbit on us making their years longer
I believe that mercury's(closest to sun) has a longer day than year
2006-06-16 13:29:57 · answer #11 · answered by freek_final 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋