Mal ,'Serenity'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
I was kind of disapointed when they proved that Mercury wasn't tidally locked with one face always toward the sun. Still, with almost no atmosphere to conduct heat the effects are quite similar, just not as extreme as they would be with even intervals.
I remain amazed that the Greenhouse Effect actually makes Venus hotter than Mercury at noon.
This all brings to mind one of my random "So, what would happen if _______?" questions. Which is, what would happen if the earth suddenly stopped spinning on its axis? (Note: my random so what if questions are rarely based on the liklihood of the thing actually happening. My mind just wanders to odd places at times.)
Did I miss screen caps? Must scroll back.
Which is, what would happen if the earth suddenly stopped spinning on its axis?
Hell of a case of whiplash, for starters.
I usually follow it up with, "I mean, would everyone just go flying off?" I like to amuse my sort of sciency-type friends. Well, that, and I kind of want to know.
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Some screencaps from SG-1: Affinity.
Mostly to get some shots of the woman who will be playing Lois Lane on this season's Smallville, but the members of SG-1 were not neglected.
The thumbnails are a bit blurry, but the actual images are not.
I am particularly fond of #1 and #15, Teal'c, then Jack (unsurprisingly on both counts). If I had a clue how to make icons, I'd ask you if I could use them. So pretty.
JenP has a speculative/generative mind like mine. I think, if the world suddenly stopped spinning, that flights from London to the US would not be as short as they routinely are (basically the plane gets extra help from the earth rotating under it).
Also, 1/2 of the globe would suddenly come down with insomnia.
1/2 of the globe would suddenly come down with insomnia.
We'd still get night and day, though. Not sure how long they'd be, but it's not the day=year scenario above, which is what robs you of it.
::tries to resist doing the math::
::succeeds suprisingly easily::
I didn't do the math, I googled instead, and so far if it stopped rotating tides would sweep us off anything near a coast, hopefully before the moon's orbit shrank so much it got all up in our business. Winds would get simpler, though.
So far.
I'm doing the same thing. I'm getting boiling oceans and water swept planet ... which means boiling hot water everywhere? Short answer to the quetsion, then: Nothing good.