Thursday 28 April 2011

Is The Earth ... Shrinking?


 Time for some science, guys!

In general, the theory of Earth formation that is being used in this time is the Big Bang. In theory, the earth is said to be formed from the explosion of a huge giant star, then experienced a supernova, exploding and materials scattered throughout the space. Big materials that stores energy becomes a star, while smaller ones become a planet. The smaller ones are the moon, asteroids, and other unidentified objects.


However, before this theory was introduced, there were many more theories about the existence of the earth that had been used i.e the theory of Kant, the theory of double stars, and many more.
In our solar system, the Earth is the third planet from the sun and the only planet with life. Based on Big Bang theory, the universe is said to have been around since 13.7 billion years ago.
Looking back at the end of the 60's and early 70's when people began travel to the moon, three members of the British astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, George Ellis, and Roger Penrose shifted their thoughts
to the theory of relativity. In 1968 and 1970, they published
the study with a discussion of Einstein's general relativity theory to increase the size of the space and time.
However, the opinion issued by a professor of geology from the Kant Russian State University, Kaliningrad, Russia, Dr. Vyacheslav Orlenok recently, has raised a question mark to all members of the astronomical world. The study was conducted by Dr. Orlenok shows, the size of the size of Earth has reduced by 585 miles the first time since it was formed.
At 4.5 billion years ago, said Dr. Orlenok, when the ground has just started to condense in size, the radius of the earth, estimated at around 6,956 km and 12,756 km in diameter. Dr. Orlenok says, among the factors reducing the size of the earth is a result of the gravitational force decreases due to solar radiation has been blowing a hydrogen atom moves away from the earth's atmosphere.

 
A question arises, is the size of the planet earth really reducing? And what is the cause of this incident?
In this case, it is likely true if the amount was calculated in the initial formation of the earth. The earth is said to start with a liquid consisting of various types of gas. It then experienced some cooling process and eventually forming a crust of the earth at the very top.
In fact, some Western scientists believe, the earth will suffer because of the development life cycle of the sun will be more active in 2012 and 2013, and will provide more heat to the earth. However, it is only possible within three or four million years to come, and mankind are assumed to have a life span of over 500 million years.