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briv1016

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7. It already is.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 02:00 PM

Dec 2016

Tidal breaking is what is slowing Earth. Interestingly the Moon is also moving away from Earth, so Earth will never be tidaly locked with the Moon. (At least not before the Sun swallows the Earth.)

ETA: I ment the Moon is Tidaly Locked, not the Earth.

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Earth's spin is slowing at a rate of 1.8 milliseconds per century [View all] Calista241 Dec 2016 OP

I thought I felt something. rug Dec 2016 #1

Earthquakes can have an impact on this Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #2

Someday the moon will tidelock the earth. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #3

It already is. briv1016 Dec 2016 #7

It would be after the Sun becomes a red giant muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #9

Not necessarily. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #14

I've not heard anyone say that life of Earth could survive the red giant phase muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #15

Ah, gotcha. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #17

The earth will be uninhabitable in 600-800 million years Kotya Dec 2016 #23

My days are already long enough, dammit. Dobro In Utero Dec 2016 #4

All track records will now need asterisks itsrobert Dec 2016 #5

On the bright side, I can now lose weight by doing nothing! N/t Calista241 Dec 2016 #6

What? GummyBearz Dec 2016 #19

Whoever wrote this article probably voted for Trump - doesn't know shit about math progree Dec 2016 #8

that's 45 milliseconds extra in a year; add up all the years and you get the 7 hours muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #10

From the paper: "+1.8 ms per century" TwilightZone Dec 2016 #11

No, the LA Times has got it right; read the paper, about 'delta T' muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #12

Ok, that makes more sense. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author progree Dec 2016 #16

Revision I. progree Dec 2016 #24

In the paper, they work out the delta T over centuries from observations muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #25

Well, there's some news I don't need to fret over. bluedigger Dec 2016 #18

We hear that the sun will go super nova in 4 or 5 billion years and burn the earth to a crisp. keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #20

Red giant, not supernova, but the end result is essentially the same for puny Earth n/t VWolf Dec 2016 #22

I thought it felt a little off. yurbud Dec 2016 #21

LOL underpants Dec 2016 #27

Its because of all the junk food. milestogo Dec 2016 #26

There you go! lol montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #29

Stop the world, I want to get off underpants Dec 2016 #28

I think it's because the Chinese are ticked off about that Trump call. pressbox69 Dec 2016 #30

If it stops I am definitely getting off. yellowcanine Dec 2016 #31