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Moments of Inertia and the Shape of Continents and Landmasses on Earth
Hi All,
A few nights ago I was thinking about a hypothetical theory. The full explanation will be below, but as a short introduction I think Earth doesn't only rotate around it's own axis of rotation and orbits the sun, I'm guessing you also could derive a point in space where our solar system rotates around, solely by studying the shapes of the continents. If this is an already existing theory, don't bother reading further, since I don't want to hostage your precious time. Before I continue, I must tell you I'm not an astronomer, nor a geologist, not even a hobbyist in both areas. And I'm also not a mathematician. I do know something about mechanical engineering, which involves masses of inertia, centers of gravity and centrifugal forces. Here comes a summary of what I thought of that night: The point in space I try to prove is a point I like to call 'Dé Blondine'. First, I want you to imagine a balloon filled with water and tied with a knot. An undeniable child's play. If you hold the balloon by it's knot and you spin the balloon around your fingers, then the balloon will soon have a triangular shape. One side of the triangle most far away from your fingers and two sides pointing at your fingers. What you do by spinning the balloon is creating a centrifugal force on the water, then the center of gravity of the water will move to the part of the balloon most far away from your fingers, also creating a moment of inertia. Second, I want you to dip the same balloon in water and then to rotate the balloon the same way as described above. Then watch the water. Most of the water wil start leaving the balloon where centrifugal forces are highest and that's a point on the balloon furthest from your fingers. I always wondered why the continents weren't concentrated around the equator. Because, when centrifugal forces due to the Earth's rotation do it's work, it means that landmasses would be concentrated around the equator and that's not reality. This should work just as with the balloon dipped in water and being rotated. Then, if you consider the shapes of the continents, North-America, South-America, Africa and Asia have more or less triangular shape. Europe could fit in the triangle of Asia and Australia is what I think forming a triangle. So, the triangular continents all have it's center of gravity at the part of the continent facing the north-pole. NB: I didn't much take account of mountains, I just considered the flat surface of the continents as seen on Google Maps and other maps, also trying to keep in mind the projection-method used on those maps. (spherish Earth -- flat rectangle map, perhaps Mercator is involved) Now, if you link the triangular shape of the rotating balloon with the triangular shape of the continents, then you could probably also figure out that when you look up in the air at the center of gravity of Antarctica, you should see 'Dé Blondine'. I know that a spinning balloon doesn't look like a spinning Earth and also, maybe I may not derive a point in space derived from triangular shapes of the continents on earth, based on watching a spinning balloon, but it seemed like an unlikely coincidence to me. Also, I'm unable to comprehend what's the role of water when forming continents. So, why Antarctica? Antarctica is a very circular continent and seems to be unifluenced by any centrifugal force. You have Earth's rotation, highest at the equator an non-existing at the poles. Then there might be a rotation around 'Dé Blondine', which results in higher centrifugal force around north-pole than at south-pole, meaning that Antarctica should push other continents to the north-pole and also keeps it's circular shape. To be more specific: if the South-Pole does not represent the center of gravity of Antarctica, then I'd like to introduce the 'Southern Blondine'. The 'Northern Blondine' would be positioned near the North-Pole and be on the same axis between 'Dé Blondine' and the 'Southern Blondine', though being in-line with each other. The hypothesis continues, because if you overlook what I just wrote, you could imagine that once the landmasses were concentrated up and around Antarctica, or better: around the 'Southern Blondine'. And now are they moving to be concentrated up and around the 'Northern Blondine'. Preservation is important, you prefer to put your food into the fridge and freezer to keep the food longer fresh and tasty. Well, landmasses should also preserve better in a cold region, like it once was around the 'Southern Blondine'. In a later stage, even, when you consider the ice from around the 'Northern Blondine', it should keep the moving landmasses from moving to fast to the 'Northern Blondine'. And later on ... I could be speaking about intelligent design, but personally I consider myself as not a very religious person, even the lesser religion the better, due to cultural habits that's not always possible. Zut. The latitudinal partitioning of the landmasses is something I like to describe as following: when a potter has finished a pot made of clay and forgets the pot on the turntable, then the clay pot will fall apart in different directions, almost chaotically. How I'd like to prove this theory? The shape of the landmasses are more or less clear to me, and what those shapes mean is also more or less clear, but there must be something more. Other planets should also have an axis that points to 'Dé Blondine'. Perhaps the rings of Saturn reveal something pointing in that direction. I'm eager to know what you think of my theorie of 'Dé Blondine', does it seem plausible and logical to you? Thanks in advance, Best regards, Ve. Ni. |
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