Earth's Slowing Spin

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by IceAgeCivilizations, May 17, 2007.

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  1. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    The Earth spins about half a second slower every year, this is why the atomic-clock timekeepers add leap seconds, so extrapolating that rate back to say "the Carboniferous era," a day then would have been about an hour long, another great indication that the Earth is much younger than commonly advertised.
     
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    This fact about the Earth's spin throws a huge monkey wrench in the wheels of Uniformitarian dogma, and nobody cares? I doubt it.
     
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    No it doesn't retard. They add leap seconds because the day isn't 24 hours.

    you really don't have a brain.
     
  8. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    No, the Earth's spin rate slows about a half second per year, how else would they compensate for this but by leap seconds?

    Do you deny, spur, that the Earth's spin rate is slowing by that amount? Since you appear to be doing so, you in fact are the retard.
     
  9. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    I never did understand why they did not build the "super accurate" atomic clocks to measure a second as 1/86,400 of the earth's rotation.
     
  10. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    yes, i do deny it.

    The atomic clock 24 hours differ from the earth's rotation 24 hours.

    Do you understand? they add leap seconds because of the difference between the atomic clock and the actual time it takes for the earth to rotate.

    The slowing down of the earth's rotation is much slower than you suggest.
     
  11. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    If not by adding leap seconds, spur, how else would you, in all your wisdom, compensate the atomic clocks because of the Earth's spin rate slowdown?
     
  12. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    And guess what you get when you divide 86,400 by 2?
     
  13. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    you really are a fucking moron and you should be permabanned.
     
  14. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    It slows by half a second per year, look it up.
     
  15. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    http://novan.com/earth.htm

    It has slowed by .002 seconds in the past 187 years.
     
  16. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    Spur, you should go to permaschool.
     
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    Wrong, it slows by half a second per year, that's why they add a leap second about every two years.
     
  19. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    I just did.

    It has slowed by .002 seconds in the past 187 years.
     
  20. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    post your sources. This is supposed to be a science forum. Who gives a shit what you say?

    what NASA says:
    http://www.sciforums.com/showpost.php?p=1397307&postcount=13
     
  21. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Where is YOUR reference.
    I assume you looked it up?
     
  22. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Something like this...

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  23. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    I already explained to you what a leap year is. It's to compensate for the difference between the atomic clock and how long it actually takes for the earth to rotate.

    Previously the second was based on the earth's day. But once the first accurate atomic clock was installed they used the atomic second to define second.

    wiki
     
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