Funny Holidays - World Jump Day

Global warming and the fight against it have been the main trend of recent decades. Not only scientists, but also ordinary people are concerned about rising air temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic. Anti-warming enthusiasts consider changing the position of the Earth's poles to be one of the ways to solve the problem. July 20 marks World Jump Day - an action that, according to participants, should help move the planet to a new orbit, moving it further away from the Sun. Events in honor of World Jump Day have been held since 2006. The idea of ​​jumping at 11:39:13 GMT was supported for the first time by more than 600 million people living in the Western Hemisphere. The action, aimed at shifting the orbit, extending daylight hours and establishing a favorable climate in all regions of the Earth, has become traditional. And now millions of people jump every year on July 20 at the same time around the world. The holiday has nothing to do with science - its value is to draw attention to the problem of global warming. The action was initially doomed to failure according to people familiar with the laws of physics. To temporarily change the Earth's orbit, the event participants had to jump at the second escape velocity (11.2 km/s), which, of course, is impossible. But even if they succeeded, the planet, according to physical laws, would still return to its previous orbit. Scientists are considering various options for shifting the Earth's axis. Some propose using electric rocket engines. Each time the probe leaves the planet, it creates a small impulse, similar to the recoil from a small arms shot. In theory, rocket launches will be able to move the Earth away from the sun towards Mars. To do this, you need to make only 300 quintillion launches of launch vehicles with a full load. Other scientists propose using a laser beam or performing a gravitational maneuver to exchange impulses between the Earth and another rotating celestial body. So far, all these theories have not found application in practice due to the lack of necessary technologies. The initiator of World Jump Day is Thorsten Lauschmann from Germany. With his light hand, the first action took place in 2006, which the artist called an art installation. 600,256,820 people responded to Lauschmann’s call on the Internet and registered on the website for a joint jump. The web resource was counting down to “hour X” - 11:39:13. At the appointed moment, the site could not withstand the influx of users and “fell”. But this did not stop enthusiasts - people were ready to take care of the planet in such an unusual way every year. Therefore, the jump became a tradition and grew into World Jump Day. The action does not in any way affect the tilt of the earth's axis, but it gives participants a lot of positive emotions and a good mood.