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Quake May Have Altered Earth's Rotation
Drudge Report ^ | 12/27/04 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 12/27/2004 6:48:27 PM PST by wagglebee

May have shortened the day by 3 microseconds, said gravity expert Richard Gross of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena... On premise a slab slid into core, Gross said he's done calculations 'to see what effect this (earthquake) should have had.' The result: A day shortened... 'We won't know for weeks,' said a geophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 'So it's a guess, as of now'...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; earthquake; earthsrotation; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; sumatraquake; tsunami
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
No it means in a million years, the total angle traveled by the earth will be 3 x 10^-6 seconds x 10^6 years x 365.25 days/year x 360 degrees/day x 1day/86400 = ~4.6 degrees greater or about an additional eighth of a revolution. The effect on the length of day will still be 0.000003 seconds per day. (I have ignored the difference between sideral and mean solar days for simplicity)

Geez...If this is the kind of stuff you occupy yourself with, no wonder you are Lonesome....:>)

121 posted on 12/27/2004 8:41:40 PM PST by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrs)Military)
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To: Heatseeker
LOL!

But I must admit I'm confused. From what some people are saying now, it sounds like you might actually have to spend more time with them ... :-(

122 posted on 12/27/2004 8:43:35 PM PST by kayak (Merry CHRISTmas!)
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To: Sloth
"Do you know where I was wrong and he/she was right? I misread the article as 3 microseconds per year instead of per day."

That, and the fact that the rotation is supposed to have sped up, not slowed down.

Yes and I posted a correction like a microsecond after I realized I mispoke. I should get extra credit for that.

And it wasn't clear whether you mean a day a million years from now will actually be 3 seconds shorter, or if that's just the cumulative difference over that period.

Who in their right mind thinks that a 3 microsecond time difference caused by an earth quake 3 days ago would ONLY register a time difference a million years from now?

Of course it would be cumulative.

123 posted on 12/27/2004 8:47:36 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Skywarner
I question the timing...

I smell Karl Rove.

124 posted on 12/27/2004 8:49:51 PM PST by Jorge
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To: tang-soo

I'm expecting that level of dramatic thing in our era. We shall see.


125 posted on 12/27/2004 9:07:45 PM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. I TIM 3:5)
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To: tang-soo

ping


126 posted on 12/27/2004 9:10:46 PM PST by chicagoJ
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To: wagglebee
I don't know about the rotation, but I just heard Fox news say this was the largest tsunami since 49 BC.

Did I hear correctly?

127 posted on 12/27/2004 9:11:23 PM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets; Jorge
"No it means in a million years, the total angle traveled by the earth will be 3 x 10^-6 seconds x 10^6 years x 365.25 days/year x 360 degrees/......"

OK, me 'n my dog finally figured out what you said...he had to 'splain it to me, but now he wants to know how many grains he has to pull out of this to keep from waking up in the middle of the night a billion years from now.

LOL

Great interchange, from the eyes of a latecomer.

128 posted on 12/27/2004 9:11:23 PM PST by 506trooper (There is no such thing as too much ammo or fuel on board.........unless you're on fire)
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To: BIGLOOK

Are you sure it wasn't 15 milliseconds?


129 posted on 12/27/2004 9:13:34 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - there are countless observable hints that God exists)
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To: DennisR

I learned typing a long time ago on a mill. Got Mavis Beacon's course to improve my speed. But that 15 millisecond test's a bitch.


130 posted on 12/27/2004 9:19:37 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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To: wagglebee

Some nitwit environMENTAL wacko on Rush Limbaugh (Roger Hedgecock filling in) called in and said that all the digging we were doing on the surface making new roads and such caused the earthquake.


131 posted on 12/27/2004 9:19:48 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: BIGLOOK

Yeah - you just start THINKING about typing the letter and it's too late... :)


132 posted on 12/27/2004 9:21:38 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - there are countless observable hints that God exists)
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To: DennisR

LOL! OK, no thinking anymore. Thanks for the tip.


133 posted on 12/27/2004 9:28:03 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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To: 506trooper
OK, me 'n my dog finally figured out what you said...he had to 'splain it to me, but now he wants to know how many grains he has to pull out of this to keep from waking up in the middle of the night a billion years from now.

Ok. Tell your dog to multiply the grains of sand in the hour glass by 24 then divide that by 3 million, multiply it by 365 days per year and plan accordingly.

Of course he will want to convert it to dog years before advising you on how to alter your schedule.

134 posted on 12/27/2004 9:44:26 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Jorge

Micro is a millionth -- true enough, but in the realm of units less than 1, milli is a thousandth (ie millimeter).


135 posted on 12/27/2004 9:45:20 PM PST by gas_dr (Trial lawyers are Endangering Every Patient in America)
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To: RadioAstronomer

Surprised you are not on this thread.


136 posted on 12/27/2004 9:47:03 PM PST by farmfriend ( Congratulation. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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To: wagglebee

Went out to eat tonight at a place that has tv's all over the restaurant. CBS news was on one screen with Dan Rather showing scenes from the tsunami.

My wife and I agreed that the MSM would somehow tie the earthquake to "Global Warming" or President Bush.

Seconds later CBS news came back from a break and my 17yo son burst out laughing.

Seems Rather was on screen again with a backdrop that said, "Tsunami" and "Global Warming".

Not being able to hear the "news" I'm assuming it was two seperate stories. Timing was good though!


137 posted on 12/27/2004 10:03:22 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Got Wood?)
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To: mplsconservative

Age is mostly a matter of mind. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

My mother used to warn me: Ask any woman her age and nine out of ten will guess wrong.

Happy New Year.


138 posted on 12/27/2004 10:06:39 PM PST by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: Lady Jag

I should hope not......(backs off as he smells ozone).....I'm kind of a smart-ass, you know......


139 posted on 12/27/2004 10:24:35 PM PST by musical_airman (Have the wonder of a child, Party like you're in college, But live like a man.)
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To: LisaMalia

Yes, I know...messing around with HTML is like the new toy I got for Christmas.......see post #66, I believe.....


140 posted on 12/27/2004 10:26:38 PM PST by musical_airman (Have the wonder of a child, Party like you're in college, But live like a man.)
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