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Whoa duuuuuude!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:13 pm
by Big Fat Retard
Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/ ... aysonearth

Re: Whoa duuuuuude!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:35 pm
by Nick
"The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds...."

Substantial change. I feel an ice age will be spawned because of this.

Re: Whoa duuuuuude!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:29 pm
by El Rhino
That can/does happen when satellites enter a planet's orbit sometimes.

Re: Whoa duuuuuude!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:54 pm
by Nam
The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday
"Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis,"
this really makes me mad