On Jan 23, 9:17*pm, "Eskimo Will" wrote:
"oriel36" wrote in message
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*Why does it get cold at night and warm during the day and you
can't answer it with 1465 rotations in 1461 days.
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Well I'm a qualified meteorologist and as far as I understand it. It gets
warmer during the day (airmass changes excepted) because of shortwave
radiation from the sun and it gets cold at night (airmass changes excepted)
primarily due to a net loss of longwave radiation.
It has nothing to do with rotation apart from the obvious fact that the sun
appears and disappears over the horizon due to the earth rotating.
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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It is not that you said it that is troubling,it is that you said it
knowing there would be no objections.
I assure everyone here that day turning to night keeps in step with
the rotation of the Earth so when people opt for an imbalance between
days and rotations,an imbalance that has a definite beginning as a
mistake in the late 17th century,they are actually arguing against
cause and effect at a level no person should find fault with.The
warmth of the daytime and the cold of night are due to the rotating
Earth and this forum based on weather can't express it is a sight to
behold.
One person snapped out and came to the right conclusion even though he
did not have a feel for the transfer of days/years to rotations/orbits
but common sense generally intervenes and people will eventually do
the right thing.So,at least you know the correct set of values is out
there and every student has a right to learn them
1 - The Earth has a rotation rate of 15 degrees per hour and turns a
full equatorial circumference of 24901 miles in 24 hours.
2 .The Earth turns 1461 times in 1461 days to the nearest rotation
3 - The pure proportion is 365 1/4 rotations for each time the
planet completes an orbital circuit.
As for everyone else here,I wouldn't know what to say to them.