Squid Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 as we approach the solstice is the Sun getting closer to us or further away from us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 The solstice has nothing to do with how close we are to the sun. It's a function of the tilt of the planet relative to the suns location. At the solstice, the axis of rotation is parallel to the orbital path. During the Northern Hemispheres winter the North Poles end of the axis points away from the sun, and during our summer it points towards the sun. Perigee and Apogee (when the planet is closest and furtherst away from the sun.) are something else entirely. Though I don't know if were getting closer or further away at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Really, or do you mean solstice has nothing to do with our seasons but our seasons are related to tilt, and do you mean perigee is another way of saying we are closest to the sun and apogee is furthest away commonnly used terms when talking about sattelite orbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 Please take this 'I am so smart' crap somewhere else. School is not in session. This is the thread about slip-n-slides, tank-tops, space helmets, new tats, and dumb stunts. If you want to sound smart, this is not the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 No, what he meant to say is the sun circles the earth, dummy! And further more, if I close my eyes, you don't exist. lalalalalalalalalalalallala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 asked a simple question, your buddy replies with apogee and perigee shit 21st century and you dont know if we are getting closer to or further away from the sun, thats just plain ignorant, nothing to do with being smart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Squid school, class is in session, ask him a question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 what he meant to say is the sun circles the earth, dummy! you dont desrve yoda as an avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Which earth, indicate I did not, my young apprentice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camilo Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Squid school, class is in session, ask him a question Why the hell has my eyelid been twitching for weeks now? Do I need Botox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 The sun orbits the earth dumbshit. It comes up every morning in the east and goes down in the west. Didn't like Aristole prove that 45 million years ago while riding on a brontosaurus and talking to Wilma and Fred Flintstone at Stonehenge. That Galileo was all phucked up when he sailed off da edge of da world. Next you are going to tell us that the world isn't flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Why the hell has my eyelid been twitching for weeks now? Do I need Botox? My eyelid(s) twitched a lot my senior year of my Physics program. Could be all that information in your brain is causing a build up of excess knowledge, thus translating into electrical charge and trying to leak out through your eyelids because the knowledge sees light up near the eyeball region. Seems plausible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Speaking of summer - how come you can't get good Italian ice on the west coast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 It melts by the time it gets to the west coast, duh. We only have Italian sodas out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Squid Squool students: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Squid Posted June 3, 2005 Author Share Posted June 3, 2005 The matching shorts are nice, but a really Squid School Student wouldn't be caught dead in anything but Tiger Stripe Camo after Memorial Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snugtop Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Really, or do you mean solstice has nothing to do with our seasons but our seasons are related to tilt, and do you mean perigee is another way of saying we are closest to the sun and apogee is furthest away commonnly used terms when talking about sattelite orbits. asked a simple question, your buddy replies with apogee and perigee shit 21st century and you dont know if we are getting closer to or further away from the sun, thats just plain ignorant, nothing to do with being smart jmace, I'm not sure if you're just an antagonist, or a high school moron who just finished his first astronomy class. Regardless, the knowledge you so boastfully share in no way reflects on the state of the 21st century educational condition. It is not what I would consider common. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/seasons.html Note that while apogee and parigee are not technically correct, they are commonly used. Aphelion and pehiphelion are more appropriately used for the eccentricity in the earth's orbital path around the sun. So what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Hey Fairweather I never asked about earths orbit or its ecentricity or anything I asked wher the sun is and your reply is that its not common knowledge, and that I am an antagonist, holy fuck do you know what ADD is maybe thats why you didnt make it past the 10th grade and missed your astronomy class PS, maybe I should talk in language you are more famialar with: can I get a coke and fries with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 as we approach the solstice is the Sun getting closer to us or further away from us? Jmace, your poll is fucked. The solstice is related to the earth's tilt, not the distance from the sun. The earth reaches perihelion in January and aphelion in July. Whereas the solstices are in December and June. It is interesting that they are both yearly cycles though. I don't know why that is. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 whatever, maybe its confusing then, I just aked if we were getting closer or further away not THE furthest away but whatever, we are getting further away from the sun, Im out, friday and Im off for the weekend see you in squish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 would you like the obvious answer? Because they both depend on how long it takes to go around the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) No shit? But why is the tilt of the axis related to the yearly orbit? p.s. Please take this 'I am so smart' crap somewhere else. School is not in session. This is the thread about slip-n-slides, tank-tops, space helmets, new tats, and dumb stunts. If you want to sound smart, this is not the thread. Poor Squidly, all he wanted was pictures of hot chicks in bikinis and here we are gettin' all geeky on his thread. Poooooor Squidly. Here ya go buddy: I think I am at perihelion! Edited June 3, 2005 by Alpinfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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