Comments on Puzzle #25097: WCP # 154..."Here comes the Sun King" thank you The Beatles
By Aldege Cholette (Aldege)
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Puzzle Description:
They say the Sun is getting closer to the Earth every year. By 2050 instead of listening to The Beatles thru a ghetto blaster on your shoulder,you'll be listening to them thru the unit that your now carrying on your shoulder that is a combination portable air unit with digital music server with holographic video,all connected to your self propelled walking suit and all powered by solar panels and regenerative energy from the friction generated from your thighs rubbing together.
#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jul 24, 2014
That's quite a vision. lol Great puzzle!#2: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 24, 2014
Thx Norma,it may not be that far fetched,lol.:)#3: Ellen Vollor (evollor) on Jul 24, 2014
LOL#4: Jota (jota) on Jul 24, 2014
I'm so glad to have inspired this! Thanks my friend!#5: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 25, 2014
thx Ellen.:)#6: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 25, 2014
Thank you again for the inspiration pal.:)#7: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 26, 2014
I listened to that song just yesterday.#8: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 26, 2014
Cool Tom,it's a great song. Abbey Road is my favourite Beatles album.:)#9: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jul 26, 2014
Great puzzle Aldege#10: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 26, 2014
Thx Susan.:)#11: Susan (Susan) on Jul 31, 2017 [SPOILER]
Fun puzzle and a reason to appreciate that I'm old, probably won't have to learn to operate such a system since I'll be compost by then. (Also unlikely to again see the day my thighs rubbing together generates much energy, LOL).#12: Susan (Susan) on Jul 31, 2017
Aldege, you have such a fascinating stream of stories, and a unique spiraling drawing style that really draws the viewer in. I keep thinking you could syndicate these!#13: Glenn Crider (playamonkey) on Feb 25, 2019
Not to get all technical on you, but the Earth is getting closer to the Sun as it's orbit around it very slowly decays.#14: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Feb 25, 2019
ROFL ! ! Energy generated from thigh friction. Classic! Hahahaha.#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 25, 2019 [SPOILER]
Not to out pedant you, but the Earth and the Sun are getting closer together. They orbit around a common center (their barycenter). If it were just the the Sun and the Earth, the common center would be actually inside the Sun, but it would not be the center of the Sun.
However there is a lot more mass in our solar system. All of that mass is involved in creating the barycenter. And since that mass keeps moving around, the barycenter is also always moving.
The Sun is so massive, though, that the barycenter is always near the Sun even when it is not inside the Sun.
Here's a couple of links about the barycenter:
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/barycenter/en/
https://zidbits.com/2011/09/the-earth-doesnt-actually-orbit-the-sun/
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