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Planetary Tailspin The Earth's rotation is about to accelerate significantly. According to scientists, July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a result ...

But Earth’s rotation could change by a millisecond (.001 seconds) or two every day. The orbit of the moon can have an effect on how fast the Earth spins around.

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster.

On July 19, 2020, Earth set a new milestone by completing its daily rotation 1.47 milliseconds shorter than 86,400 seconds. This wasn’t a one-off event; the trend has continued since then.

The Earth's rotation does wobble a bit, but it is not thought to be due to the distribution or concentration of land masses associated with supercontinents.

Until 2020, the shortest "length of day" ever recorded by atomic clocks was -1.05 ms, meaning that Earth completed one daily rotation in 1.05 milliseconds less than 86,400 seconds.

But as the Earth rotates, so does the atmosphere, which is held to the surface of the Earth by gravity. When we say that planes are flying at 900 kilometres per hour, that's relative to the Earth ...

Until 2020, the shortest "length of day" ever recorded by atomic clocks was -1.05 ms, meaning that Earth completed one daily rotation in 1.05 milliseconds less than 86,400 seconds.

Normally, the Earth takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, to rotate fully on its axis in a 'solar day'. While this constant might be something we often take for granted, the Earth's rotation isn't ...

Spin Cycle The Earth's rotation is about to accelerate significantly. According to scientists, July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in recent memory as a result ...

Planetary Tailspin The Earth's rotation is about to accelerate significantly. According to scientists, July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a ...