Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Would Math be different on another planet?

So, if u google why a circle has 360 degrees, the quick answer is that it takes about 360 days to do 1 revolution around the sun. So, on venus for example, would the circle degrees by different? or rather should we change the time or use Earth time?

2 comments:

  1. oh, I'm such an idiot. There's the stardate system. Trekkies, please don't make fun of me. :-}

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  2. Yeah but if Venus (theoretically) has a rotation rate of 15 hours, it would be weird to have a 24 hours cycle to it if we ever colonize it. Going against the binary (night/day) psychology might not be smart.

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