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capkutay on June 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: June 30th 2012 will be 1 second longer: 23:59:60

How often does something like this (days that last longer/shorter than 24 hours) happen?

sneak on June 14, 2012 [–]

They are always longer. The Earth's rotation is slowing.

tankenmate on June 15, 2012 | [–]

Umm, actually no. On average the rotation is slowing, but sometimes there are local speed ups.

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