But since Santa doesn’t deliver to all children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total - 378 million according to the Population Reference Bureau. There are about 1.9 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. But there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not completely rule out flying reindeer, which only Santa has seen.
Here’s look at some of the numbers a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology broke down: Flying reindeer? Due to the Earth’s rotation, there is an overall time difference of 24 hours between different time zones, so we can therefore say that Santa has about 31 hours to finish his work (if he logically travels east to west).Ī book of the Super Santa: The Science of Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology book store is here. Let’s assume Santa distributes gifts from 5 p.m.
Flying reindeer, elves and Santa Claus might seem a little far-fetched to some, so today we look at some of the science (and magic) regarding the massive mission that will take place across the globe.
