Friday 10 August 2012

The ship Titanic Sank due to the Moon?

 Photo: Kapal Titanic Tenggelam karena Bulan? SAN ANTONIO, Satu abad setelah petaka kapal Titanic, para ilmuwan menemukan penyebab tak terduga atas tenggelamnya kapal tersebut, bulan. Ya, banyak orang percaya kapal super mewah itu tenggelam karena menabrak gunung es pada 100 tahun lalu. Apalagi, setelah insiden itu di angkat ke layar lebar. Namun, sejak Titanic tenggelam dan menewaskan 1.517 orang pada 15 April 1912, para peneliti bingung mengapa Kapten Edward Smith mengabaikan peringatan tentang adanya gunung es di area pelayaran. Padahal, Smith adalah kapten paling berpengalaman di 'White Star Line' dan beberapa kali telah melayari jalur laut Atlantik Utara. Smith ditunjuk menjadi kapten dalam pelayaran perdana Titanic karena track record-nya sebagai pelaut dengan pengetahuan luas dan waspada. Donald Olson, fisikawan dari Texas State University yang menjadi bagian tim astronomi forensik yang meneliti peran bulan, punya penjelasan baru tentang keberadaan gunung es di jalur pelayaran Titanic. "Koneksi lunar ternyata bisa menjelaskan bagaimana gunung es yang luar biasa banyak ada di jalur yang dilalui Titanic," kata Olson kepada kantor berita Reuters. Dijelaskannya, tipe gunung es Greenland yang ditabrak Titanic umumnya terjebak di perairan dangkal Labrador dan Newfoundland, dan tidak bisa melanjutkan bergerak ke selatan sampai mereka cukup meleleh untuk mengapung kembali atau air pasang membebaskan mereka. Jadi bagaimana sebegitu banyak gunung es bisa mengapung sangat jauh sampai ke selatan di jalur pelayaran di selatan Foundland malam itu? Tim Olson menyelidiki spekulasi ahli kelautan mendiang Fergus Wood bahwa pergerakan bulan mendekati bumi yang tidak biasa pada Januari 1912 mungkin menghasilkan air pasang tinggi sehingga gunung-gunung es bergerak lebih jauh dari biasanya sampai terpisah dari Greenland dan mengapung sampai ke jalur pelayaran. Olson mengatakan sebuah peristiwa 'sekali seumur hidup' terjadi pada 4 Januari 1912, ketika bulan dan matahari berbaris sedemikian rupa sehingga gravitasi mereka saling menarik. Pada saat yang sama, pergerakan bulan mendekati bumi pada saat itu mencapai posisi terdekat selama 1.400 tahun dan berada di posisi itu dalam enam menit bulan purnama. Di atas semua itu, gerakan bumi mencapai titik terdekat dengan matahari dalam satu tahun hanya terjadi hari sebelumnya. "Konfigurasi ini memaksimalkan tenaga pasang bulan di samudera bumi. Itu luar biasa," jelas Olson. Penelitian Olson menunjukkan, untuk mencapai jalur pelayaran pada pertengahan April, gunung-gunung es yang tertabrak Titanic pasti merupakan patahan dari Greenland pada Januari 1912. Air pasang tinggi akibat kombinasi aneh kejadian astronomi, masih kata Olson, sudah cukup bisa menghalau gunung-gunung es dan memberi mereka cukup kemampuan untuk mengapung sampai ke jalur pelayaran pada April. Sebelumnya tim Olson sudah mencoba menggunakan pola air pasang untuk menentukan kapan tepatnya Julius Caesar menduduki Inggris dan membuktikan legenda bahwa Mary Shelley terinspirasi sinar terang bulan purnama melalui jendelanya saat menulis cerita gotik klasik 'Frankenstein'. Tim peneliti Titanic mungkin bisa membenarkan Kapten Smith dengan menunjukkan, dia punya alasan untuk bereaksi sambil lalu pada laporan keberadaan es di jalur pelayaran kapal. "Pada saat itu Smith tidak punya alasan untuk percaya gunung es di depannya sebanyak dan sebesar itu," kata Olson. REPUBLIKA.CO.ID @ihsan000
SAN ANTONIO, a century after the Titanic ship catastrophe, scientists discover cause of unexpected sinking of the month.

Yes, many people believe the ship sank because of the super fancy hit the iceberg on 100 years ago. Moreover, after the incident in the lift to the big screen.

However, since the Titanic sank and killing people on April 15, 1.517 1912, researchers puzzled why Captain Edward Smith ignored warnings about the presence of icebergs in the area to shipping. In fact, Smith is the captain of the most experienced in the ' White Star Line ' and a few times have been plying the North Atlantic sea lanes.

Smith was appointed captain in the maiden voyage of the Titanic because of his track record as a sailor with extensive knowledge and alert.

Donald Olson, physicist from Texas State University who was part of the team that examined the role of forensic astronomical month, got a new explanation about the presence of icebergs in the Titanic cruise lines.

"Lunar Connections turned out to be able to explain how the iceberg is amazing there is a lot on the line crossed the Titanic," said Olson told Reuters news agency.

He described this type of iceberg, Greenland is hit by the Titanic generally stuck in shallow waters of Labrador and Newfoundland, and was unable to continue the advance towards the South until they melted enough to float back or tide free them.

So how do so many icebergs could float so far to the South in the shipping lanes South of Foundland that night?

Tim Olson to investigate speculation late oceanographers Fergus Wood that the movement of the Moon approaching Earth are unusual in January 1912 may generate high tide so that the mountains of ice moving further than usual to separate from Greenland and floats up to the cruise line.

Olson said a ' once in a lifetime event ' took place on 4 January 1912, when the Moon and the Sun lined up in such a way so that they mutually interesting. gravity

At the same time, the movement of the Moon approaching Earth at that time to reach the nearest for 1,400 years and being in that position within six minutes of the full moon.

On top of that, the Earth movement reaches a point closest to the Sun in one year just happened the day before. "This configuration maximizes power pairs of months in Earth's oceans. It's unbelievable, "explained Olson.

Olson research shows, to achieve the cruise line in mid-April, the mountains of ice that got hit by the Titanic is undoubtedly the fracturing of Greenland in January 1912.

The tide is high due to the combination of astronomical events, still weird said Olson, is enough to goad the mountains of ice and give them enough ability to float up to the cruise line in April.

Previously teams had been trying to use pattern Olson tide to determine exactly when Julius Caesar topped the United Kingdom and prove the legend that Mary Shelley was inspired by the bright rays of the full moon through the window while writing a Gothic story classic ' Frankenstein '.

The research team Titanic might be able to justify Captain Smith with the show, he had no reason to react on the report a while ago the existence of ice in the cruise line ships. "At the moment it is not Smith's had no reason to believe the iceberg in front of it as much and as big as that," said Olson.
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