Welcome to the page 'Time' !
The universe in a year !
The American astronomer 'Carl Sagan' first suggested a"cosmic calender" as a way of helping people understand the history of the Universe. He put all the events of last 475 years that took place in less than the last second of the last minute of the year.
Fact : In one day or 24 hours or 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds the world turns once its axis. During that time ,on average: 358522 people are born , 155012 people die , 203510 are added to the world's population.
According to the Meridians there are different time zones in the world. The default meridian is Greenwich Meridian . Its time is called GMT.
The International Date Line is at 180 degrees West.
Just a Second !
A second does not sound very long. Reading this almost 10 of them will go away. In one's life on average there are 3 billion seconds. But 80 million will go sleeping. You might not recognize it .
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 3600 seconds
1 day = 86400 seconds
1 week = 604800 seconds
1 year = 31536000 seconds
Second Words !
Here are some words to describe different seconds.
Second : 1/60 of a minute
Centisecond : 0.01 of a second
Millisecond : 0.001 of a second
Microsecond : 0.000001 of a second
Nanosecond : 0.000000001 of a second
Picosecond : 0.0000000000001 of second
Femtosecond : 0.000000000000001 of a second
Chronon : One billionth of a trillionth of a second
The universe in a year !
The American astronomer 'Carl Sagan' first suggested a"cosmic calender" as a way of helping people understand the history of the Universe. He put all the events of last 475 years that took place in less than the last second of the last minute of the year.
Fact : In one day or 24 hours or 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds the world turns once its axis. During that time ,on average: 358522 people are born , 155012 people die , 203510 are added to the world's population.
According to the Meridians there are different time zones in the world. The default meridian is Greenwich Meridian . Its time is called GMT.
The International Date Line is at 180 degrees West.
Just a Second !
A second does not sound very long. Reading this almost 10 of them will go away. In one's life on average there are 3 billion seconds. But 80 million will go sleeping. You might not recognize it .
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 3600 seconds
1 day = 86400 seconds
1 week = 604800 seconds
1 year = 31536000 seconds
Second Words !
Here are some words to describe different seconds.
Second : 1/60 of a minute
Centisecond : 0.01 of a second
Millisecond : 0.001 of a second
Microsecond : 0.000001 of a second
Nanosecond : 0.000000001 of a second
Picosecond : 0.0000000000001 of second
Femtosecond : 0.000000000000001 of a second
Chronon : One billionth of a trillionth of a second
