Does the Moon have Time Zones?

External Since: Jun 18, 2004 Posts: 20

In article <Z+VaD3C1EXSBFwew@merlyn.demon.co.uk>, Dr John Stockton wrote:
> The optimum direction to walk is an interesting problem.
>
> If one walks along a line of latitude one must keep up a certain rate
> indefinitely. If one angles a little towards the pole, one
> significantly reduces the future one-lap distance, without much reducing
> one's immediate circumferential speed. If one angles too far towards
> the pole, dusk or dawn will soon arrive.
>
If you can't make the speed for an equatorial circuit, then you'll
have to have a "head start" on the sunset. At one limit you'll have a full
14 (&½) days head start if you start at sunrise heading west. At the other
limit you'll start at sunset and immediately lose your race with the
sunset terminator. Somewhere in between there will be a head start which
will allow you to just reach the latitude where you can complete a circuit
as the terminator catches up with you. Longer head starts would allow you
to be less than optimal in your choice of paths.

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External Since: Mar 01, 2004 Posts: 44

On 9/16/2004 4:32 PM ANIM8Rfsk cranked up the brainbox and said:
> Correction: There's air IN the Moon.

There too, but recall that then lunar morning came, they noticed a thin
atmosphere appeared when the air unfroze from pockets on the surface. Smile

Those jelly-filled buglike people were some of the scariest aliens I've ever
read about.

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