If one day human beings were to possibly to travel or move to another planet, do you think they would be able to adjust to the new time frame between day and night, in such case where the days were to be longer and the nights shorter or the other way around?
2007-03-20 19:03:20 · 14 answers · asked by Yvette 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I think that would depend on how much difference there was. If the planet rotated every two hours, or only once every two months...then no way in heck humans would adapt to it, at least in regard to matching day/night awake/sleep cycles. Of course, we would find a way to deal with it.
2007-03-20 20:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think they could adjust. Chances are, however, that both days and nights would either be shorter or longer ... the planet would simply rotate slower or faster than the Earth.
Of course, the planet could also have an axial tilt, like the Earth, causing the lengths of nights and days to shift throughout the year... and there you have your answer! Do you have any trouble adjusting to changing days or nights as the seasons change here on earth?
2007-03-20 19:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Tom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are one of the most adaptable species. in my opinion.
I will give you an example of what I have found about me. I worked in a grey iron foundry. I could work for 10 hours in a corner of the shop where a digital thermometer read 240 F. There have been times in the winter where I have stepped outside with no relative cool down time into windchills of -40 F. That is about a 280 degree fluctuation on the body. I could walk about 100 yards across the parking lot to my truck in a t-shirt with no ill effects. When in fact this could be very dangerous. I never really started to feel the cold until I had been sitting in the truck waiting for it to warm up.
I have to ask what is time when there is that kind of adapatability.
2007-03-20 19:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by eks_spurt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They could adjust in the sense that they could live there and adapt. They would not be able to change their sleep cycles to match the new day/night cycles, if the difference were great.
2007-03-20 19:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since we would live in a completely self contained enviornment to survive it would be easy to adjust. we would use the light switch like they do on the space stations right now. they orbit the planet several times per day so they see day and night much differently then we do.
2007-03-20 19:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by nyxcat1999 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To adjust the day's length, you would have to alter the orbit of the earth....that doesn't have to do with time, just a massive massive force that humans could never be possible of exerting.
2007-03-20 19:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by peteryoung144 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who knows what we can adjust to. Maybe all they need do is form a government and put daylight savings time into law. Works around here.
2007-03-20 19:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do it here on this planet every year in Alaska. Humans are extremely adjustable creatures when it comes to our habitat. Hope this helps.
2007-03-20 19:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ACTUALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HYPOTHESIZE ABOUT THIS AS WE HAVE REAL TIME EXAMPLES HERE ON EARTH. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHECK OUT EXTREME LATITUDES. DAY AND NIGHT ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN PLACES CLOSE TO THE ARCTIC OR ANTARCTIC CIRCLE. SO SWEDEN, NORWAY, FINLAND, PARTS OF SIBERIA, ALASKA, N. CANADA ETC HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT NIGHT AND DAY CYCLES. HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. EVEN IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES WE ADAPT TO VERY LONG DAYS TO VERY SHORT DAYS AND 12 HOUR NIGHTS.
2007-03-20 20:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
on planet Alpha Centaurus where earth people first set up
colonies ,one day there equals one earth year here.
2007-03-21 09:52:05 · answer #10 · answered by wizar10443_1989 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋