Day Moving Too Fast
Just when you thought you could be imagining things, Wired is reporting that a NASA scientist says the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra may have caused the planet to spin 3 millionths of a second faster and wobble about an inch on its axis. Ok, so it’s not an excuse for not getting something done, but it’s an interesting fact nonetheless. The article also notes that scientists don’t think such tiny shifts will have long-term effects, but planetary scientists must add a “leap second” to the end of the year, something that has not been done in many years.
Posted by David M Singer on Jan 04, 2005 at 07:01 PM
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