just imagine if the sun's light was a constant(no day and night) we would easliy lose track of time, would't it be great!
2007-12-03 09:02:56 · 5 answers · asked by trphuong 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
True. These are natural cycles which make perfect sense as our basis for time. But if we had none of these celestial references, we would still have clocks and watches and be expected to get to work on time.
2007-12-03 09:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by Brant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the sun light was constant we probably wouldn't be here to worry about - one side of teh earth would heat up a lot, the other would cool to temperatures that would be icy at best. But time would still elapse.
We actually use the vibration of the Rhubidium atom as a standard for the second. All the other units of time -minutes, hours, day, etc. are based on motions of the sun, moon and starts. Assuming there was life on a non-rotating Earth, and it was inteilligent, it might figure out how to tell time by using some atomic standard. If it has to navigate over any long distance, tehn time keeping becomes important.
2007-12-03 17:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by nyphdinmd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is a man made thing, man had to invent time in order to be able to calculate speed and distance of motion. Think about it.
2007-12-03 18:23:23 · answer #3 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been to the North Pole?
2007-12-03 17:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've obviously never watched "Insomnia".
2007-12-03 17:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋