Is a year on Earth the same as a year on any random point in space besides Earth?

Question

What are the factors in your decision?

Hey icyhotahs

What central point?
Who said the sun was our central point?
How do we know where the central point?
Remember "Heinsenberg"...matter is matter big or small....if you knew where the central point was your observation would change it's location and your analysis would be inaccurate,

Hey Jesus...
It certainly does make sense and you should know the answer...

"that time runs differently under different conditions"

WOW!!!!!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CENTRAL POINT AND THAT IS MY POINT......

Answer 1

We can't tell ... A year is a definition of an amount of time only we have on earth. And for Einstein already found (logical consequence from his theory) that time runs differently under different conditions, we must presume a year here might not be a year at any other point in the universe.

Answer 2

Time is a constant thing. It never changes. How we measure it does. It is relative to the observer and the method of measurement. The Earth year (approx) is 365 days. Now, no matter where you stand anywhere in the Universe, the Earth year is the same, as it will take the Earth 365 days to go around the sun. Where the observer is will be different. If you are on another planet, your year will be what it takes for THAT planet to go around the sun. If you are floating and drifting in space, your year will be what ever you are using to measure time with. If your spaceship is tumbling very slowly, you could count one tumble as a day and then feel that 365 tumbles would be a year. It is all relavant to where you are and what you are using.

Here on earth you could change your livlihood to feel that (for example) 7 normal earth days would equal one day for you, so 52 days may be a year. Of course you would be the ONLY one who celebrated a birthday every 52 years.

Answer 3

Well, Earth is the only place where a year would actually take a year to pass by, but you can call 365 days a "year" any place that you want to.

The length of an Earth year is based on the length of time it takes the Earth to travel around the sun. 365 days is how long it takes for the Earth to go around the sun once.

If you were on another planet, I think you would adjust your sense of what a year was to fit your seasons. If you were on a planet that revolved around it's sun every 290 days, then that would be your year.

Answer 4

No. The thing is that "space and time" are based ona central point, or else there would be no relevant point. So let's use the sun, for example. Our Earth makes one full revolution AROUND the sun in 365 days. Our year. However, Mercury, being closer to the sun, makes the circle around the sun in a MUCH shorter time, in 88 days to be exact. Now let's say, for argument's sake, you aren't a large body of mass that is in orbit around the sun. A star, for instance, that appears to move in the sky but of course isn't moving- this star does NOT go through a year, a year is only a measurement of how long it takes to complete orbit around the sun. This star does not move, therefore it is not in orbit- and negates any mention of time. Only space.

ADDED DETAIL: THE CENTRAL POINT IS ARBITRARY- TIME IS ONLY A REFERENCE POINT FOR DISTANCE- I was not stating that the sun is THE central point, but rather A central point you idiot. Doubt me- see what happens.

Answer 5

Actually, time does change. The faster you go, the slower time is compared to your surroundings. Basic Einstein physics. To YOU, it will seem the same regardless, but if you're traveling through space at near the speed of light for a year, and you come back to earth, much more time will have passed on earth than for you.

Answer 6

time doesnt change..the earth was just the natural way to measure it....if you were on a different planet though,.. you would have different periods of sunshine and darkness....much like you find at the poles...if you were to have a mechanical time piece...like a clock...a second would be the same second...the mechanic of the clock would not change.

Answer 7

well..no,because if you look at mars or venus their years are different according to us.....but if their are other people or something in or on the spots we look like on mercury their year might be considered a day to us...

i hope you understood what i was thinking haha

Answer 8

actually it would depend where you were in the solar system say if you were near pluto or neptune it would be much longer say if you were near mercury or venus then it would be much shorter

Answer 9

365 x 24hours would be the same anywhere.

Answer 10

That question doesn't make sense.