by Ed Van Gennip | Aug 27, 2015 | Did You Know?
The earth is rotating at 1,674 kilometres per hour (1,046 miles per hour). It is slowing down, thus periodically time is added (a leap second) to our clock. This last happened June 30 2015 at 7:59:59pm. Extrapolating backwards, the earth was travelling much faster in...
by Ed Van Gennip | Jul 1, 2015 | True Science Blog
June 30, 2015, 7:59:59 = 8:00:00 On June 30, 2015, at 7:59:59pm EDT, the clocks moved forward by one second, instantly. We added a leap second to our common clocks, based on the earth’s rotation around the sun, to re-align them with the real time as determined by the...
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