June 30th Gets A Leap Second Because Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Down

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Posted in Neat by on June 30th, 2015

The Moon and the Earth have long since had a tug of war over gravitational pull since probably the beginning of time. And this tug of war added a little more time and slowed the Earth’s rotation a smidge. Seems the moon’s winning since June 30th Gets A Leap Second Because Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Down…

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