Not shorter than 5th of July 2024 though, where it was 1.66ms and is still the record holder since measuring.
Thanks Britannica
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CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 1 week ago
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I’m guessing by “history” they mean since we started measuring this accurately? Iirc the earth used to spin faster so going back a few centuries or millennia should give days measurably shorter than what we have now.
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Yes, shortest since measuring with an atomic clock, in 1973.
tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
‘Approximately 1,34 ms’. :D
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_length_fluctuations
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That graph makes it look like 5 seconds shorter is no problem? How could a millisecond be a record?
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I believe you’re looking at the wrong y axis.