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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

It is theoretically possible to constantly travel so that it is perpetually daytime wherever you are

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It is theoretically possible to constantly travel so that it is perpetually daytime wherever you are

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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    Theoretically, but not practically. At the equator, you would need to be travelling at over 1,700kph.

    At around 60° north or south, the required speed slows to a little over 1,600 mph, still over 1,000 mph.

    Commercial airliners typically travel at around 800kph.

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      If it’s summer, and you’re far enough north, you just have to stand still.

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        The trick is traveling between the arctic and antarctic quickly enough on each equinox.

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        Haha!! True!

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      so, at the equator or on the air, use metric, otherwise use imperial

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        Or I will do whatever I feel like

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        *ACU

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      Just go farther towards the pole that currently has summer. After a certain point a rock on the ground is fast enough to stay in perpetual sunlight. (At least until summer is over.)

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      I was going to say you could put a satellite between earth and the sun and float it there, constantly being in daylight, but i suppose you could just launch a satellite around the sun at that point, same thing really

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      At around 60° north or south, the required speed slows to a little over 1,600 mph, still over 1,000 mph.

      Wat?

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        Fuck. Would edit, but I will leave in my egregious mistake. 1600 Kilometres per hour is around about 1,000 miles per hour.

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          Ah. Yeah, could have guessed that. Thanks though.

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