The adjustment of the earth time rotation in pre-columbian time

Authors

  • Salvador Miranda-Colín
  • Arturo Santos-González
  • Eduardo Casas-Díaz

Abstract

The results of this investigation show that the pre-
Columbian man discovered that the Earth’s rotation lasted
23 hours, 56 minutes and four seconds. In order to register
this movement, the pre-Columbian man invented the
average solar day of 24 hours, here the hour had 60 minutes
and every minute 60 seconds. In a day, the Earth’s rotation
was ahead to the average solar day by four minutes minus
four seconds, but this difference was of a day less 24 minutes
in a year of 360 days. This year, on the other hand, was
homologized with a second, so when 60 years had passed,
equivalents to 60 seconds (a minute), the Earth’s rotation
was ahead to the average solar day by about 60 days minus
a complete day. By such reason, the minute was another
important unit in the computation of the time of Earth’s
rotation. In this homologation one hour, equivalents to
3600 years, this difference amounts to 10 years of 360 days,
less two lunations of 30 days each one. In affinity, when the
cycle of 24 hours equivalents to 86 400 years was completed,
the Earth rotation was ahead of the average solar day by
240 years of 360 days, minus four years of 360 days. In
order to register this movement, the constellations called
Mayor Osa and Cassiopeia were used like celestial markers
for a period of time that surpassed 10 000 years from today.
Considering the reiterated presence of the used models to
adjust the Earth’s time rotation in archaeological sites of
Mexico, it is concluded that this was one of the main causes
of the pre-Hispanic cultural development.

Published

2003-03-03

How to Cite

Miranda-Colín, S., Santos-González, A., & Casas-Díaz, E. (2003). The adjustment of the earth time rotation in pre-columbian time. Agricultura, Sociedad Y Desarrollo, 1(1), 73–83. Retrieved from https://www.revista-asyd.org/index.php/asyd/article/view/1027