From SPACE.com:
Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth
Apparently, the recent earthquake in Chile actually moved the Earth's mass vertically, changing our rotation and shortening the length of a day by 1.26 milliseconds.
Unfortunately, scientists report the quake had no measurable effects on the length of my daily to do list.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I had big plans for that millisecond
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3 comments:
I'm laughing.
I like that. My work day hasn't gotten any shorter either.
lol! mr. cynic came to me with this factoid the other day. like i need any time shaved off my life. :P
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