Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:47:23 -0500 Message-ID: <59781F0B.15D3@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:48:11 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: How Long Does a Day Last on Saturn? References: <59778A5B.2162@ix.netcom.com> <4c742070-b803-41a9-ab68-d66f7626d042@googlegroups.com> <5977ACB1.6588@ix.netcom.com> <597814C2.3432@ix.netcom.com> <0b5a2883-4036-4230-9827-5524e5f4e370@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170725-2, 07/25/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 54 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-xnP3FsIMKRzD/HWQt6WfEOJ7kdctsiBWpwxeUpxiiTa/XvQj49qQsgOZcsIM7l54M1hpXhGXIuKDYt5!tPE2GqzmcxZz32vYzje6zymmZasP/OvH2EVYBDjQK/Fimvt33O3G9mABnNWT+1QRMjhRcw5iUp/z!K8vzqhCNsXQ= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3927 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:642575 pnalsing@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 9:03:45 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote: > > pnal...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 1:40:23 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > Day; > > > > the time between sunrise and sunset > > > > > > Well now, *you* are changing the definition of a day. From here... > > > > > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day > > > > > > ... we find the following; > > > > > > "astronomy: the period of rotation of a planet (such as earth) or a moon on its axis" > > > > > > Talking about the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is pretty much worthless for either a planet or a moon. This is because it depends on what latitude you are referencing. The amount of 'daytime' at the equator of a body is very different than the amount of 'daytime' at the pole, especially if the body's axial inclination is much greater than zero, and almost all known bodies in the solar system have inclinations substantially different than zero. > > > > > > A much more realistic question would be "what is the rotational period of Saturn?", and I have already supplied a link that explains that in some detail. > > > > > > > > > > I didn't change the definition: It reads number 1: the time between > > sunrise and sunset > > > > Day | Definition of Day by Merriam-Webster > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day > > 1 : the time between sunrise and sunset : daylight. > > Well, when I go to this link, *your* link, I find this... > > Definition of day > 1 > a : the time of light between one night and the next : the shortest day of the year > b : 'daylight' 1 woke up at the break of day > c : 'daytime' sleeps during the day and works at night > 2 > astronomy : the period of rotation of a planet (such as earth) or a moon on its axis the length of one day on Mars > 3 > : the mean solar day of 24 hours beginning at midnight by mean time open seven days a week the first day of every month : Take one pill two times a day. > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=define++++day&cad=h > > Well, that's funny, when I go to this link, the one *you* supplied, I find THIS; You need to look at the first one containing a link: by Merriam-Webster , not Google's insert of their own search engine. Day | Definition of Day by Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day 1 : the time between sunrise and sunset : daylight. 2 : the time a planet or moon takes to make one turn on its axis A day on earth lasts 24 hours.