kimmy Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 don't forget to grab a couple flux capacitors.......... Quiet, you, we're talking about serious science here! And, on that note, I offer up a few calculations I just did. As you're probably aware, the strongest influence of gravity that we here on earth experience is ... the earth. If you're standing on the earth's surface, the earth's gravity is over 1700 times stronger than the next most powerful gravitational pull you'll experience from a celestial object, which is the sun. (this is highly beneficial, because it keeps you from flying off into space each time the sun rises.) The third strongest gravitational pull you experience comes from our friend the moon. The moon's gravity, from the earth, is about 1/170 as strong as the sun's gravity. What about other planets? When it is its very closest to us, our closest planetary neighbor, Venus, exerts a gravitational pull which is just 1/150 as strong as the moon. The largest planet, Jupiter, exerts a pull which is 1/90 that of the moon. Saturn, smaller and much farther away, exerts a pull which is just 1/1263 as strong as the moon. Mars, although much closer than Jupiter and Saturn, is tiny and exerts a pull which is just 1/2430 as strong as the moon's. Get Mars' weak ass out of here. As you can see, it is clear that the gravitational pull of all other celestial bodies is miniscule compared to the influence of the sun and moon. If you want to see the awesome destructive power unleased by celestial forces pulling our seas, you can take a picnic basket down to the beach and wait; you can witness this cataclysmic force twice daily. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
bjre Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Should all Canadians move to Banff National Park and Hamber Provincial Park? Quote "The more laws, the less freedom" -- bjre "There are so many laws that nearly everybody breaks some, even when you just stay at home do nothing, the only question left is how thugs can use laws to attack you" -- bjre "If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson
wyly Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 I think he was thinking of the Inca, which were proto-literate. The Maya were indeed a literate civilization. true in regards to the Inca's but the entire thread is regarding the 2012 myth which linked to Maya's... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
wyly Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 don't forget to grab a couple flux capacitors.......... hook up a Warp Drive to my canoe maybe? but where will I find dilithium crsytals! Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Jerry J. Fortin Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 hook up a Warp Drive to my canoe maybe? but where will I find dilithium crsytals! On some Klingon moon....... Quote
Bonam Posted January 4, 2010 Report Posted January 4, 2010 Anyone who believes this prophecy.. I'll give you 100 bucks right now for your house on Jan 1st, 2013, after it's underwater anyway. Any takers? Whowhere? Let's see if we've got some true believers. Quote
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