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Wed, 26 Sep 2007

Time Math

Posted to Technology category

So assuming I figure out how to move an object, like my van, (if I am traveling in time it would be convenient to have a vehicle to drive around, and the van should blend in, in most time eras). The following math seems to apply.

So if I have the van sitting in my driveway, and move it backwards in time say 1 hour. And the earth moves at about 1000 miles an hour, would this also place my van 1000 east of Denver, probably near St. Louis? Need to figure out if time travel is relevant to the current location or if it's fixed in space, meaning not only do I need to figure out how to move in time, but also in space.

In my above question, I assumed I only needed to worry about the earths rotation, and not it's movement around the sun. which is 67,000 miles per hour, so not only am I 1000 east of Denver, I'm also 67,000 miles out in space, which I'll have to modify the van for, not really speced for space, will need more duct tape.

Of course, now I'm assuming I don't need to account for the solar system's movement, 559,224 miles per hour, which I probably would. So accounting for that, if I traveled back in time 1 hour, I would be 1000 miles to the east, 67,000 miles behind the earth and 559,224 miles away from our solar system. Which is too far for my Van to drive back to in my lifetime.

So this equation should be valid assuming we don't worry about how fast our galaxy is moving inside the universe. To make it easier, I'm flattening the universe to two dimensions, odd, since I'm trying to figure out four.

x = 627224t
x = distance from starting location
t = time traveled in hours (negative for going back, positive for forward)
627224= g(speed the sun is moving from our galactic center)+e(earths speed around the sun)+p(earths rotation)

At least I can pinpoint fairly crudely where I think an object moving thru time would end up. One must also be careful to record the starting location.

Scarey, thing is if you go forward in time, it's possible the solar system will crash into you, which will probably hurt.

Posted at: 12:01 pm

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Re: Time Math
Shawn wrote on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:30

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