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

[Steve Rooke]

Maybe we will end up taking away leap-seconds soon. Just a random
thought given the amount of seismic activity currently going on in the
world.

Steve (Quakecity, New Zealand)

On 15 July 2011 01:40, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
> 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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