[time-nuts] Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis

[J. Forster]

So?

That statement clearly imlies the Earth's period was shortened aganst some
standard.

If the Earth was the standard, how could it be shortened with respect to
itself?

It can't be. Time standards are atomic now.

-John

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> "Calculations indicate that by changing the distribution of Earth's mass,
> the Japanese earthquake should have caused Earth to rotate a bit faster,
> shortening the length of the day by about 1.8 microseconds".
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.html
>
> Will
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