Diurnal decrease in speed is not monotonic.
On Monday, January 4, 2021, 04:43:22 PM CST, Anthony Lapinski <alapinski@pds.org> wrote:
Happy New Year!
Anyone else see this article today? I'm confused as I thought Earth's
rotation rate is always slowing due to tidal effects -- and the Moon is
moving farther away (around 4 cm/yr) as a result.
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