To: Kartographer
the EMP flashed through earth's typical orbit around the sun about two weeks before the planet got there.
I wonder how many miles that translates into.
17 posted on
07/31/2013 12:13:32 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
I wonder how many miles that translates into. My rough guesstimate would be about 5.7 million miles.
28 posted on
07/31/2013 12:20:01 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: cripplecreek
29 posted on
07/31/2013 12:20:11 PM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: cripplecreek
22.7 million miles based on an even 14 days.
110 posted on
07/31/2013 3:44:29 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: cripplecreek
I wonder how many miles that translates into.Approximately 22.4 million miles.
Average earth distance to the Sun is 93 million miles. So the circumference of the Earth's orbit is 93,000,000 * 2 * pi = 585.3 million miles. Divide by 365.25 and Earth travels approximately 1.6 million miles per day. So 14 days of that gives the approximation.
A good fifth grade math/science question.
123 posted on
07/31/2013 4:42:05 PM PDT by
AustinBill
(consequence is what makes our choices real)
To: cripplecreek
C = πD
D=2 * 93*10^6 miles
C ~ 600 million miles
Period = 52 weeks
"Miss" = 2 weeks
∴ (600 * 10^6 * 2) / 52 ~ 4% of 600 million
~ 24 million miles.
Give or take.
PS: I checked using Excel and correct distance Earth to Sun. Got 22.5 million. Close enough.
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