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• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_length_fluctuations

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  • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That graph makes it look like 5 seconds shorter is no problem? How could a millisecond be a record?

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    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I believe you’re looking at the wrong y axis.

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• CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not shorter than 5th of July 2024 though, where it was 1.66ms and is still the record holder since measuring.

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• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, shortest since measuring with an atomic clock, in 1973.

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• tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ‘Approximately 1,34 ms’. :D

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