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Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth
Space.com ^
| Mar 2, 2010
| space.com
Posted on 03/02/2010 8:57:06 AM PST by driftdiver
The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.
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, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
"Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis," NASA officials said in a Monday update.
The computer model used by Gross and his colleagues to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake effect also found that it should have moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds).
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: chile; nasa; ornot
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The sky is falling!
Bush's fault!
To: driftdiver
I knew it when the alarm went off this morning! ;-)
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:58:08 AM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: driftdiver
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:58:52 AM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
To: driftdiver
HELP HELP
An Ice Age is upon us...
No more sun...
To: driftdiver; CatDancer
“and shortened the length of days on our planet,”
So, does this mean it’s going to get dark at 4 p.m. all year round?
Major bummer...
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:59:06 AM PST
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: driftdiver
1.26 milliseconds Errr...I thought it was reported as 1.26 us, not 1.26 ms. Makes quite a bit of difference.
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:59:17 AM PST
by
thecabal
(Destroy Progressivism)
To: driftdiver
I know that every day I’m on this earth is one less day I have. Why not everybody?
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:59:22 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: driftdiver
It sure as heck did.....at least for those unfortunate folks who lost their lives due to it!
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:59:37 AM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
("Minds are like parachutes; they only function well when they are open.")
To: driftdiver
Not only that, it moved Hawaii almost 5000 miles!
This is Hawaii!
CNN Idiots
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posted on
03/02/2010 8:59:43 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: green pastures
So, does this mean it’s going to get dark at 4 p.m. all year round? Major bummer...
Not a problem....we'll just write a law to move the clocks around.........again.
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:00:45 AM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
("Minds are like parachutes; they only function well when they are open.")
To: driftdiver
All things being equal, I would like a corroborating statement from some other source.
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:01:05 AM PST
by
Thebaddog
(Shakey Jake said, " The hippies will never survive!")
To: driftdiver
Great, now I’m going to get older than much faster! Sheesh, I can’t catch a break.
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:01:07 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Bon mots
Isn’t that Easter Island?
To: Bon mots
It’s 5:00P.M.somewhere,Rick!
To: driftdiver
does anyone yet believe anything bigbro/msm, etc. tell us anymore?
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:03:03 AM PST
by
gunnyg
(Laddies, We're Behind ENEMY WITHIN Lines...and surrounded, if ya can "grok" that!)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:03:19 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:03:44 AM PST
by
Hoodat
(For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
To: Thebaddog
Same thing happened with the ‘04 Tsunami.
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posted on
03/02/2010 9:04:56 AM PST
by
txhurl
To: driftdiver
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:22
To: Bon mots
Not only that, it moved Hawaii almost 5000 miles!Stop Continental Drift !!!
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