Time on Earth is slowing down
Time on Earth is actually slowing down. Due to tidal friction from the sun and moon, the solar day is lengthening by 1.7 milliseconds each century as the Earth's rotation slows down
What are your thoughts on this subject?
6 Comments
Evelyn Forbes
A lucky guess for me!
Rhonda Wentz Bondurant
Thanks for the explaination Glen. I knew this answer was not accuate. But, I didn't quite know why...
Rhonda Wentz Bondurant
That does make time slow time. Another bogus question!!!
Jeff Waag
Not only is Glenn correct but these guys did not take into account episodic events such as Major Earthquakes that have sped up the Earths rotation. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0314/Japan-earthquake-accelerated-Earth-s-rotation-study-finds
Glenn Rickert
Badly worded question. Time is not slowing down. Time is eternally constant. It is the earth's rotational speed slowing down to where there are a few more milliseconds in a day. 1.7 milliseconds per century is nothing to worry about. We won't have a 25 hour day for another 8,640,000,000 years.
Danny Benelli Sr.
If Earth speeds up people would be falling off the planet like a merry go round.