2021 will be shorter because Earth is spinning faster, scientists say
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By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-01-12 16:48:28-05
Humans were not the only ones who wanted 2020 to be over faster. The Earth spun faster than normal last year, according to scientists.
Last year, the Earth broke the previous record for shortest astronomical day, set in 2005. In fact, the Earth broke the record 28 times in 2020. And it s still spinning faster.
While Earth is, on average, pretty reliable and takes 86,400 seconds to rotate around its axis, itâs not perfect.
10 January 2021, 8:38 pm EST By
It seems like even the Earth just wants to hurry up this 2021, so everything can be back to normal once again. Will it be? Should the Earth calm down perhaps? Scientists claim that the Earth is showing signs of spinning faster than it should be after decades of slowing down.
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IN SPACE - AUGUST 21: In this NASA handout, the umbra, or moon s shadow, passes over Earth during the total eclipse Monday, August 21, 2017. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASA s Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency s) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.
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