> > Someone do a calculation whereby we can counteract global warming
> > by shifting the Earth's axis with nuclear detonations...
> > Who needs solar power?
>I see you would be a fan of Robot Party Week...
>
>http://theinfosphere.org/Robot_Party_Week
It may be bad form to reply to myself, but I felt inspired.
To move the earth far enough out so that its orbital period is exactly
168 hours longer, that is an orbital shift of (
http://www.ajdesigner.com/phpgravity/keplers_law_equation_radius.php
375.2524 weeks orbiting a
1988920000000000000000000000000 kg sun...
152 Gm --
This is a change from 149.6 Gm
A scant 2.4 Gm -- 2,400,000 km -- ) 1.5 million miles
I suppose attaching an engine powerful enough to move it out within,
say, a year, would be insanely large and expensive?
Would anyone care to pick up the math from here?
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