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0 pointsdwheeler3y ago0 comments

Eliminating leap seconds was only a half measure. They should have finished the job by adding rockets to the Earth to ensure that its rotation will stay at exactly 24 hours.

If they weren't going to do that, then why eliminate leap seconds? Kicking the problem down the road doesn't really solve the problem, it just makes it worse later.

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varajelle3y ago

> its rotation will stay at exactly 24 hours.

The earth rotate around itself in 23 hours and 56 minutes

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time

krick3y ago

It rotates itself in 23 hours and 56 minutes relative to the fixed stars. It rotates itself in 24 hours relative to the Sun. It is Earth's rotation relative to the Sun what people care about in most situations, because day and night depend on that, not on the position relative to some far-away stars.

huslage3y ago

24 hours is an average over the duration of the Earth's orbit around the sun.

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doctor_eval3y ago

Surely it’s all the test firings of Merlin and Raptor engines that’s slowing the earth down in the first place? I mean first he screws up twitter, now it’s time itself.

(/s)

joadha3y ago

He is absolutely, singlehandedly destroying Twitter-- no sarcasm.

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