In 2022 recorded the shortest day of all time. That’s why the Earth accelerated its rotation and June 29 was the shortest on record

In 2016, a study by astronomers at the  Royal Observatory in Greenwich  revealed that, overall, the Earth’s rotation has slowed by about 6 hours in the previous 2,740 years. According to the  research , the average of a 24-hour day stretched by about 1.78 milliseconds over the course of a century. The accelerated rotation is disconcerting to scientists in the field, as the Earth has actually begun to change its rotation since its ancient formation , which occurred about 4.5 billion years ago . In fact, a leap second has been added to the TAI 27 times since 1972. . “Chandler’s wobble is a component of the instantaneous motion of the earth’s axis of rotation, the so-called polar motion. , which changes the position of the point on the globe where the axis intersects the earth’s surface, “ explained Dr.of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute . “The normal amplitude of the oscillation is about four meters on the earth’s surface, but from 2017 to 2020 it disappeared.” Professor Matt King is the director of the Australian Center for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) and a professor at stated that the phenomenon: School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences at the University of Tasmania . They

“It’s certainly strange. Clearly something has changed , and it has changed in a way that we haven’t seen since the beginning of precise radio astronomy in the 1970s,” said Professor King at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . ” When you start looking at the real thing. crux of the matter, you realize that the Earth is not just a solid ball that turns, “ astronomer Fred Watson added to ABC.  ” It has liquid inside, it has liquid on the outside, it has an atmosphere and all these things flutter a little. “

You probably haven’t even noticed that you missed those 1.6 milliseconds, but for some people they are important. The International Earth Rotation and Reference System Servic and has occasionally added leap seconds to keep the clocks in line with the slowing of Earth’s rotation.