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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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3 microseconds!!!
I was wondering why I didn't have time to get everything done yesterday!
1 posted on 12/27/2004 6:48:29 PM PST by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

I thought my alarm went off earlier then normal today.


2 posted on 12/27/2004 6:49:31 PM PST by MontanaBeth (NEVER FORGET)
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To: wagglebee

Dang, does that mean my birthday will be earlier than tomorrow?


3 posted on 12/27/2004 6:50:47 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: wagglebee

Are they saying that it moved the Earth three microseconds worth of time ahead in its rotation/revolution?


4 posted on 12/27/2004 6:51:16 PM PST by aynrandfreak (If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
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To: wagglebee
So what are you trying to tell me? That I have to buy a new watch? Suspicious timing coming just after Christmas when most great Americans got at least one watch for Christmas.
5 posted on 12/27/2004 6:51:18 PM PST by bayourod (Our troops are already securing our borders against terrorists. They're killing them in Iraq.)
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To: wagglebee

Time flies


6 posted on 12/27/2004 6:51:57 PM PST by repinwi
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To: wagglebee

Can we do away with leap year now?


7 posted on 12/27/2004 6:52:18 PM PST by carlr
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To: wagglebee

Sounds like nothing but is it significant?


8 posted on 12/27/2004 6:52:25 PM PST by CindyDawg (Valentines on sale)
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This will be a doozy of an excuse to show up late for work...


9 posted on 12/27/2004 6:53:22 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel ("Nature abhors a moron."-H.L. Mencken)
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That's 3 less microseconds that I have to spend at work tomorrow......


10 posted on 12/27/2004 6:55:23 PM PST by LisaMalia (I DEFY anyone on FR to prove they know less than me....or is it I?)
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To: LisaMalia

ROFL


11 posted on 12/27/2004 6:57:21 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper
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Sounds like nothing but is it significant?

I believe a "micro" is a millionth.
So slowing the earth's rotation bt 3 microseconds means that in a million years a day will be 3 seconds shorter.

We should all be very worried about this.

12 posted on 12/27/2004 6:57:52 PM PST by Jorge
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To: repinwi

ow


13 posted on 12/27/2004 6:58:05 PM PST by patton (The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
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To: bayourod

I question the timing...


14 posted on 12/27/2004 6:58:46 PM PST by Skywarner (Enjoying freedom? Thank a Veteran!)
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Sounds like nothing but is it significant?

In the face of massive devestation and 22,000 deaths, 3 MICROseconds seems quite insignificant.

15 posted on 12/27/2004 6:58:52 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: Jorge

I meant 3 seconds LONGER :)


16 posted on 12/27/2004 6:59:11 PM PST by Jorge
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To: Jorge

Not about the time but penatrating the core and make a tiny , slight change to a perfect machine. That kind of stuff.


17 posted on 12/27/2004 6:59:49 PM PST by CindyDawg (Valentines on sale)
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To: LisaMalia

"That's 3 less microseconds that I have to spend at work tomorrow......"

That's 3 microseconds earlier that you have to be at work - don't be late!


18 posted on 12/27/2004 7:00:36 PM PST by RtWngr (Being tolerant of the intolerant is pretty stupid actually.)
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To: LisaMalia
This post took 15,000 microseconds. I'm noticeably slower.
19 posted on 12/27/2004 7:00:43 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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To: Indy Pendance
I caught that.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

20 posted on 12/27/2004 7:01:07 PM PST by airborne ("All that is gold does not glitter. Not all who wander are lost.")
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