If the airplane takes off from Yakutsk and arrives in Moscow does it mean that in New York it will be on the same time? The speed of the airplane is around 1000 km/hour. When the day will change to the next one?
2006-12-31 05:54:51 · 2 answers · asked by SERGHEIROM 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The day will change from one to the next at midnight. It won't change on the journey you envisage - as a result of the flight - as you will not cross the International Date Line which runs roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In fact, flying from Vladivostok to Moscow means that you are flying 'with' time - I think Vladivostok is 3 or 4 hours ahead of Moscow - so if the flight takes 3 or 4 hours you will arrive at the same time as you leave.
And as an Englishman I must point out the the Greenwich '0' meridian is not in Paris, but in London.
2006-12-31 08:35:17 · answer #1 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The day changes to the next day at the international date line (generally along 180 degrees, though it does meander somewhat). A plane flying from Russia to Alaska has to set their calendar one way (alaska is an hour later the day before), but they get the day back when he goes home.
2006-12-31 06:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Tim P. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋