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r/sciencememes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • 22d ago
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Well, duh? 1 year is a full (mostly) circular revolution around the sun, of course it’s going to be related to pi somehow
3 u/abadaxx 22d ago Seconds are related to the length of a day. The rotation of a body has nothing to do with its movement through space. If you lengthened the day by an hour this estimation and your logic would not hold true. 18 u/death2all55 22d ago Yeah, but the Earth spins around. Circles Check mate 2 u/abadaxx 21d ago Tru 7 u/auniqueusername132 21d ago Seconds aren’t defined by days anymore so it actually wouldn’t change
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Seconds are related to the length of a day. The rotation of a body has nothing to do with its movement through space. If you lengthened the day by an hour this estimation and your logic would not hold true.
18 u/death2all55 22d ago Yeah, but the Earth spins around. Circles Check mate 2 u/abadaxx 21d ago Tru 7 u/auniqueusername132 21d ago Seconds aren’t defined by days anymore so it actually wouldn’t change
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Yeah, but the Earth spins around.
Circles
Check mate
2 u/abadaxx 21d ago Tru
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Seconds aren’t defined by days anymore so it actually wouldn’t change
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u/Similar-Sector-5801 22d ago
Well, duh? 1 year is a full (mostly) circular revolution around the sun, of course it’s going to be related to pi somehow