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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The article is from yesterday, so tommorow is today.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Yesterday you said tomorrow

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

When will then become now?

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

1.3ms sooner than we expected

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Wait, I'm in Australia, does that mean I missed out already on the second point thirty thing?

[–] sepi@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

Didn't happen in Australia. There's way too many spiders and brown snakes.

[–] Funky_Beak@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

And today is yesterday.... you heard me.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to leave work 1.3ms early

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

Pft. Rookie numbers. I've been leaving work 1-4 hours early as meetings allow.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

though the biggest factor is that the Moon is moving away from the Earth (who can blame it)

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just to avoid confusion for others that havent read the article. That's the reason the rotation has been slowing down for quite some time.

The reason it's spinning faster now is speculation for now and might be because of a shift in the earth's core, melting ice, earthquakes or some other causes.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Predicted but not explained, what?

And yeah, moon farthest away, thought so.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not unless you're at the front.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if you could tell by measuring g today

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I know you theoretically could, but would it be a "noticeable" difference? Like to the second or third decimal?

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If my math is right...it will have an effect of approximately 0.0000000001 g

Angular acceleration is r*w^2, so for a normal day that would be 6371000*(2*pi/86400)^2/g = 0.0034345580g

On this accelerated day, it becomes 6371000*(2*pi/86399.9987)^2/g = 0.0034345581g

That's at the equator assuming a radius of 6371 km, which is a decent ballpark, the specific number won't change the result much.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure I won’t notice, but I appreciate the cool photo