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Thursday, 7 March 2013

The earth is slowing down

The earth.It is slowing down now this is nothing to be worried about.Take a guess at what is causing it to slow down? Yeah it is the moon. All though the moon's gravity controls our tides It is that very thing slowing us down.How you ask it is very simple the moons gravity is pulling the tides round which is causing enough friction to slow us down now this number is very very small over a long period of time it has a bigger impact





  • Today the earth spins 1-2 milliseconds slower then it should.
  • This is over 101 years witch is a long time but it is slowing down.

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