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JHB

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36. Clickbait. Tidal drag by the moon has been slowing the earth's spin...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2022, 08:55 AM

Aug 2022

...since the two of them formed. The effect of Earth, being much larger and more massive, on the moon was even more pronounced, slowing its rotation to the point where it is tidally locked (rotation time = revolution time, so that one side always faces us).

The day was several hours shorter in ages past (don't recall off the top of my head whether that was in the age of the dinosaurs, or even farther back).

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Earth is spinning faster than usual and had its shortest day ever [View all] Nevilledog Aug 2022 OP

Hooray!!!! Y2K all over again! /nt bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #1

I guess we all must be having fun, right? Tommy Carcetti Aug 2022 #2

Article doesn't go into a lot of detail about tides EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #3

That was my totally unscientific first thought. Nevilledog Aug 2022 #6

I wondered the same thing. nt crickets Aug 2022 #9

I don't think so. Disaffected Aug 2022 #16

Think about an ice skater. They increase their spin when they pull their center of gravity inward. fescuerescue Aug 2022 #26

Seems like today is multigraincracker Aug 2022 #4

When the core STOPS spinning... keithbvadu2 Aug 2022 #5

Started accelerating in 2016. Everything that orange piece of amphibian shit touches dies! maxrandb Aug 2022 #7

Mother Earth figures if she spins fast enough all the damn humans will fly out into outer space. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #8

My first thought as well Bayard Aug 2022 #10

Let Mars have the humans. 6 million years with these pests I am done. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #19

lol uponit7771 Aug 2022 #22

No one? FSogol Aug 2022 #11

So it's not just my imagination sarisataka Aug 2022 #12

Or Everyone On Earth Can Run In the Opposite Direction All at the Same Time Beetwasher. Aug 2022 #13

Only works if everyone keeps running. Disaffected Aug 2022 #17

What If Everyone Jumped at Once? Oneironaut Aug 2022 #20

It has been pretty windy lately. Kaleva Aug 2022 #14

I built an open-source astromony/weather clock project, and put in special animation just in case... Silent3 Aug 2022 #15

Aren't our time measuring devices more accurate now than 100 years ago? FakeNoose Aug 2022 #18

Dumb article, dumb tweet. Edim Aug 2022 #21

Well, the point is that the 'fluctuations' are trending in the opposite direction muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #28

The Earth will be surprised to hear that rictofen Aug 2022 #23

meh. I think the IT impact will be minimal fescuerescue Aug 2022 #24

I would hope no patch is needed; they ought to have the code for a 59 second minute already muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #29

Nice. That's even easier fescuerescue Aug 2022 #31

thanks Obama treestar Aug 2022 #25

Pretty soon, we'll all have to wear velcro suits like they do Down Under. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #27

I get irritated ForgedCrank Aug 2022 #30

Same fescuerescue Aug 2022 #33

To give them their due, they do link to the Meta (Facebook) blog which describes the problems muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #34

Does that mean I can only hit my snooze button one time? tavernier Aug 2022 #32

Obviously, we've put far too much caffeine in the rivers and oceans. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2022 #35

Clickbait. Tidal drag by the moon has been slowing the earth's spin... JHB Aug 2022 #36