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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

It’s the angular shift, not the speed of rotation that’s impacting climate/weather. The speed of rotation didn’t change North Atlantic weather patterns. Speed is a red herring.


43 posted on 08/11/2026 7:40:32 AM PDT by Phil Pendleton
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To: Phil Pendleton

Funny thing. I posted something on the same subject a few days ago and the only responses I got were about me not posting since just after 9-11-01. Just crickets.


44 posted on 08/11/2026 7:47:10 AM PDT by Phil Pendleton
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Polar wander is on the order of 3-10 meters off, to use Simon Newcombe’s choice phrase, the axis of figure. The poles “wobble”3 - 10 meters, almost entirely due to ocean and atmospheric currents. The “obliquity of the ecliptic”, axial tilt with respect to the orbital plane, is currently decreasing by an about ~ 0.43 arcseconds per year, causing the Tropics of Cancer and Capricon as well as the Artic and Antartic Circles to recede towards the equator and poles, respectively, by about 13.5 meters/year.


50 posted on 08/11/2026 8:28:52 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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