Penny_is_a_Bitch t1_ixfy1eb wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:34 AM Reply to comment by Isopbc in The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks | The practice of adding ‘leap seconds’ to official clocks to keep them in sync with Earth’s rotation will be put on hold from 2035, the world’s foremost metrology body has decided by yourSAS not just earthquakes. inner earth isn't perfectly balanced, which can throw off rotation. the moon creates drag. oceans... etc, etc. my timeframe might be off but back when dinosaurs were around, days were 22h. rotation has been slowing for a long time. Permalink Parent 8
Penny_is_a_Bitch t1_ixfy1eb wrote
Reply to comment by Isopbc in The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks | The practice of adding ‘leap seconds’ to official clocks to keep them in sync with Earth’s rotation will be put on hold from 2035, the world’s foremost metrology body has decided by yourSAS
not just earthquakes. inner earth isn't perfectly balanced, which can throw off rotation. the moon creates drag. oceans... etc, etc.
my timeframe might be off but back when dinosaurs were around, days were 22h. rotation has been slowing for a long time.