• Question: how does the world know the time ?

    Asked by mollie to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Mark Fogg

      Mark Fogg answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      The world itself doesn’t know the time, it’s only the people on it that do, we are obsessed with it. 😉

      You will find all you need to know here
      http://www.nmm.ac.uk/places/royal-observatory/

    • Photo: Mark Travis

      Mark Travis answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Well, I guess time is relative…… we just have come up with a system based on the sun to keep everyone on page I guess! Probably an astromer would give a much better answer than this.

    • Photo: Panos Soultanas

      Panos Soultanas answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Hi Mollie, A fascinating question. The key here is to find out what is the meaning of life. Have a look at
      http://www.timephysics.com/
      I found it on google.

    • Photo: Michael Loughlin

      Michael Loughlin answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      consensual agreement of what time is what at each place in the world based around the Greeenwhich meridian

    • Photo: Sarah Burl

      Sarah Burl answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      By looking at their mobile phones!

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