Epi 53: Space news – Why the earth spun super fast and we had the shortest day in 60 years
Leave a reviewIf you felt strange on June 29, 2022 – a bit fuzzy or if you were hiccupping continuously, you won't need a doctor. Because you, like many others, may have felt the effect of the earth spinning very fast on that day. It's been the shortest day recorded (in the last 60 years) – short by 1.59 milliseconds. Vidyut, a 10-year old who joined us on this episode, plunged into a full scale discussion of the causes and impact of this super short day. If you have questions like 'what do glaciers have to do with the length of a day?' or 'my GPS isn't working properly and is off by 6 miles in a random direction', or, 'does the earth have an ocean called the southern ocean?', listen to this episode. You'll stumble upon answers to these and more. You may also stumble out of your chair, clutching your stomach and laughing real hard.
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If you felt strange on June 29, 2022 – a bit fuzzy or if you were hiccupping continuously, you won't need a doctor. Because you, like many others, may have felt the effect of the earth spinning very fast on that day. It's been the shortest day recorded (in the last 60 years) – short by 1.59 milliseconds.
Vidyut, a 10-year old who joined us on this episode, plunged into a full scale discussion of the causes and impact of this super short day.
If you have questions like 'what do glaciers have to do with the length of a day?' or 'my GPS isn't working properly and is off by 6 miles in a random direction', or, 'does the earth have an ocean called the southern ocean?', listen to this episode. You'll stumble upon answers to these and more. You may also stumble out of your chair, clutching your stomach and laughing real hard.
Vidyut's incomparable imagination lets the listener get a glimpse into the similarities between the earth and one of his favourite foods. His detailed research into how the earth's mass gets distributed differently when glaciers melt, can also be eye-popping to many listeners. We also discuss how scientists may decide to include a negative leap second to set things right, to the clocks on our laptops and phones.
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