Question for Flat Earth Scientists. Why do the days change length? - Conspiracies

Question for Flat Earth Scientists. Why do the days change length? (theconversation.com)

posted 3 years ago by MindlessRationality 3 years ago by MindlessRationality +10 / -4

The length of Earth's days has been mysteriously increasing, and scientists don't know why

The length of a day has critical impacts on our technologies, navigation, and more.

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– TallestSkil 0 points 3 years ago +4 / -4

You’d be wrong.

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– Hand_Of_Node 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

They've been getting shorter, but the speed varies at different times.

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– TallestSkil 1 point 3 years ago +5 / -4

Orbital mechanics. The Moon is slowly spiraling away from the Earth, slowing its rotation in the process. That’s why we add leap seconds every once in a while.

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– TallestSkil 0 points 3 years ago +1 / -1

Yep. These things happen. The E+M+S system can be looked at as a 3-body problem for simplification, but you have to factor everything in when you’re getting atomic scale measurements.

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– TallestSkil 2 points 3 years ago +4 / -2

Thanks for admitting I’m right. Fuck off, shill.

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