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The fact that you actually sat around and worked all the out is pretty
disturbing, but it is funny. :) Just don't go posting it on
alt.fan.barney ;) - Nick F


Michael Kissin wrote:

> 
> OK, well, you _did_ ask for it :)
> 
> There are 2 billion children in the world, but as Santa aparently doesn't deal with
> Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buhdist kids, that reduces his workload to 378 million. At
> an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per househld, that is 91.8 million homes.
> 
> Santa has 31 hours to deliver his presents, thanks to the time zones and the
> rotation of the Earth. That is 822.6 visits per second or 1/100th of a second of
> Santa's time per home.
> 
> Assuming 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the Earth, then we are
> talking about 125.5km per hosuehold, a total trip of 121.5 million km, which means
> that Santa is moving at 1,046km per second, 6000 times the speed of sound.
> 
> Assuming each child gets the equivalent of a medium size logo set (5kg) then the
> sleigh is carrying a payload of 326,151 tonnes, not counting santa (invariably
> overweight). This is four times the weight of the QE II (the queens ship).
> 
> A total 326,151 tonnes traveling at1046km.s creates tremendous air resistance.
> Reindeer will heat up in the same way as a spaceship re-entering the atmosphere. The
> lead pair of reindeer will each absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second.
> Bursting into flames, they will create deafening sonic booms. The entire reindeer
> team will be vapourised within 4.26 thousandths of a second.
> 
> Santa, meanwhile, will be subject to centrifugal forces 17,500 times greater than
> gravity (9.8 N.kg). A 113kg Santa would be pinned to his sleigh with 1,937,950kg
> (19,379,500N) of force.
> 
> Michael K