Was Earth closer to Europa on 1983-11-25 or 1985-07-22?
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xkcd #2003:
gives a humorous line of succession to the United States presidency. The comic's title text, found by hovering over the comic, states that a tie is broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.
The only potential tie on the list occurs in item #19. It states the "champion" of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, but does not specify the men's or women's champion. At the time of the comic's publication, the men's champion was Joey Chestnut (born 1983-11-25) and the women's champion was Miki Sudo (Wikipedia gives only 1985 as her year of birth, but famousbirthdays.com claims July 22).
Both were ineligible to hold the presidency at the time of publication due to not meeting the minimum age requirement of 35. But supposing they both were, who would be first in line by the tiebreaker of distance from the surface of Europa at birth?
distances europa
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xkcd #2003:
gives a humorous line of succession to the United States presidency. The comic's title text, found by hovering over the comic, states that a tie is broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.
The only potential tie on the list occurs in item #19. It states the "champion" of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, but does not specify the men's or women's champion. At the time of the comic's publication, the men's champion was Joey Chestnut (born 1983-11-25) and the women's champion was Miki Sudo (Wikipedia gives only 1985 as her year of birth, but famousbirthdays.com claims July 22).
Both were ineligible to hold the presidency at the time of publication due to not meeting the minimum age requirement of 35. But supposing they both were, who would be first in line by the tiebreaker of distance from the surface of Europa at birth?
distances europa
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
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xkcd #2003:
gives a humorous line of succession to the United States presidency. The comic's title text, found by hovering over the comic, states that a tie is broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.
The only potential tie on the list occurs in item #19. It states the "champion" of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, but does not specify the men's or women's champion. At the time of the comic's publication, the men's champion was Joey Chestnut (born 1983-11-25) and the women's champion was Miki Sudo (Wikipedia gives only 1985 as her year of birth, but famousbirthdays.com claims July 22).
Both were ineligible to hold the presidency at the time of publication due to not meeting the minimum age requirement of 35. But supposing they both were, who would be first in line by the tiebreaker of distance from the surface of Europa at birth?
distances europa
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
812
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xkcd #2003:
gives a humorous line of succession to the United States presidency. The comic's title text, found by hovering over the comic, states that a tie is broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.
The only potential tie on the list occurs in item #19. It states the "champion" of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, but does not specify the men's or women's champion. At the time of the comic's publication, the men's champion was Joey Chestnut (born 1983-11-25) and the women's champion was Miki Sudo (Wikipedia gives only 1985 as her year of birth, but famousbirthdays.com claims July 22).
Both were ineligible to hold the presidency at the time of publication due to not meeting the minimum age requirement of 35. But supposing they both were, who would be first in line by the tiebreaker of distance from the surface of Europa at birth?
distances europa
distances europa
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
812
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
812
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
812
asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
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asked Jan 11 at 22:02
BeseechLoveVeilBeseechLoveVeil
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:17
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:17
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:17
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
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tl;dr Miki Sudo
Using JPL's SPICE toolkit, I computed the positions of Earth and Europa for the times in question.
On 1983-Nov-25, Earth and Europa are 935.2 million km apart, while 1985-Jul-22, they are 612.5 million km apart. Miki Sudo wins by 323 million km, given the assumed date for her birthday. If we don't trust famousbirthdays.com for Sudo's birthday, but assume it was still sometime in 1985, she still wins.
In fact, it turns out Joey Chesnut was born at a time when Earth was close to its farthest point from Europa, so he's fairly unlikely to ever win in this tiebreaker:
answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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Any online planetarium or equivalent mobile app will tell you that on 1983-11-25 Jupiter was near to its conjunction with the Sun:
while on 1985-07-22 it was close to opposition:
So on Miki Sudo's birthday, Europa was about 300 million kilometers closer to the Earth than on Joey Chestnut's birthday.
images taken from the Star Walk iOS app
answered Jan 11 at 22:15
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tl;dr Miki Sudo
Using JPL's SPICE toolkit, I computed the positions of Earth and Europa for the times in question.
On 1983-Nov-25, Earth and Europa are 935.2 million km apart, while 1985-Jul-22, they are 612.5 million km apart. Miki Sudo wins by 323 million km, given the assumed date for her birthday. If we don't trust famousbirthdays.com for Sudo's birthday, but assume it was still sometime in 1985, she still wins.
In fact, it turns out Joey Chesnut was born at a time when Earth was close to its farthest point from Europa, so he's fairly unlikely to ever win in this tiebreaker:
answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
3212
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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tl;dr Miki Sudo
Using JPL's SPICE toolkit, I computed the positions of Earth and Europa for the times in question.
On 1983-Nov-25, Earth and Europa are 935.2 million km apart, while 1985-Jul-22, they are 612.5 million km apart. Miki Sudo wins by 323 million km, given the assumed date for her birthday. If we don't trust famousbirthdays.com for Sudo's birthday, but assume it was still sometime in 1985, she still wins.
In fact, it turns out Joey Chesnut was born at a time when Earth was close to its farthest point from Europa, so he's fairly unlikely to ever win in this tiebreaker:
answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
3212
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
1
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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tl;dr Miki Sudo
Using JPL's SPICE toolkit, I computed the positions of Earth and Europa for the times in question.
On 1983-Nov-25, Earth and Europa are 935.2 million km apart, while 1985-Jul-22, they are 612.5 million km apart. Miki Sudo wins by 323 million km, given the assumed date for her birthday. If we don't trust famousbirthdays.com for Sudo's birthday, but assume it was still sometime in 1985, she still wins.
In fact, it turns out Joey Chesnut was born at a time when Earth was close to its farthest point from Europa, so he's fairly unlikely to ever win in this tiebreaker:
answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
3212
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tl;dr Miki Sudo
Using JPL's SPICE toolkit, I computed the positions of Earth and Europa for the times in question.
On 1983-Nov-25, Earth and Europa are 935.2 million km apart, while 1985-Jul-22, they are 612.5 million km apart. Miki Sudo wins by 323 million km, given the assumed date for her birthday. If we don't trust famousbirthdays.com for Sudo's birthday, but assume it was still sometime in 1985, she still wins.
In fact, it turns out Joey Chesnut was born at a time when Earth was close to its farthest point from Europa, so he's fairly unlikely to ever win in this tiebreaker:
answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
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answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
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answered Jan 12 at 5:51
lwrlwr
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answered Jan 12 at 5:51
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
add a comment |
2
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
1
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What an outstanding first answer!
$endgroup$
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
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Like this approach to the problem.
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– StephenG
Jan 12 at 9:18
1
1
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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What an outstanding first answer!
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– Lightness Races in Orbit
Jan 12 at 21:21
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Any online planetarium or equivalent mobile app will tell you that on 1983-11-25 Jupiter was near to its conjunction with the Sun:
while on 1985-07-22 it was close to opposition:
So on Miki Sudo's birthday, Europa was about 300 million kilometers closer to the Earth than on Joey Chestnut's birthday.
images taken from the Star Walk iOS app
answered Jan 11 at 22:15
GlorfindelGlorfindel
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Any online planetarium or equivalent mobile app will tell you that on 1983-11-25 Jupiter was near to its conjunction with the Sun:
while on 1985-07-22 it was close to opposition:
So on Miki Sudo's birthday, Europa was about 300 million kilometers closer to the Earth than on Joey Chestnut's birthday.
images taken from the Star Walk iOS app
answered Jan 11 at 22:15
GlorfindelGlorfindel
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Any online planetarium or equivalent mobile app will tell you that on 1983-11-25 Jupiter was near to its conjunction with the Sun:
while on 1985-07-22 it was close to opposition:
So on Miki Sudo's birthday, Europa was about 300 million kilometers closer to the Earth than on Joey Chestnut's birthday.
images taken from the Star Walk iOS app
answered Jan 11 at 22:15
GlorfindelGlorfindel
1,9321924
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Any online planetarium or equivalent mobile app will tell you that on 1983-11-25 Jupiter was near to its conjunction with the Sun:
while on 1985-07-22 it was close to opposition:
So on Miki Sudo's birthday, Europa was about 300 million kilometers closer to the Earth than on Joey Chestnut's birthday.
images taken from the Star Walk iOS app
answered Jan 11 at 22:15
GlorfindelGlorfindel
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answered Jan 11 at 22:15
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I've got to admit that the 24 round jousting tournament sounds like the greatest idea ever. Let's do this instead of those silly elections. :-)
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– StephenG
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