Humanity has been exploring space for years. However, realizing the volume required required a lot of calculations on the part of the scientists. And thanks to Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, we know that time is relative. Thus, it is understandable that the way time passes on Earth is not the same on other celestial bodies.
The same is true on our moon, where clocks tick 56 microseconds faster than on our planet. Even on Earth, scientists have already established that small time distortions occur and depend on the altitude at which the watch is placed.
With this in mind, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that space agencies around the world are considering creating Lunar time zone. The announcement was made last Monday (27), where engineer Pietro Giordano stated:
“A joint international effort is being launched to achieve this.”
Why would you want to create a lunar time zone?
This happens because, as the scientists explained in the announcement, given the number of lunar operations, it would be necessary for them to have an independent location, not linked to the Earth, but to a natural satellite. Especially because when looking at earthly date and time, as shown, due to the time difference, many adjustments are required for this to work.
For scientists, however, the greater difficulty lies in determining who is responsible for the feat. After all, there are many space agencies involved, from different countries. Therefore, there must be a consensus.
However, even with the difficulty of building and implementing this new time zone, some are already thinking about the future. If this project is successful, consideration is being given to creating time zones for the other planets in our solar system. For example, there are the giants Saturn and Jupiter, as well as our neighbors Mars and Venus.
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