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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI’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.
minus-squarerunner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYes, shortest since measuring with an atomic clock, in 1973.
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.
Yes, shortest since measuring with an atomic clock, in 1973.