The position of the pole isn't constant anyway. Here is the Wikipedia article on the Chandler wobble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_wobble And here is a photo of the Chandler tombstone in Cambridge MA. http://www.dickkoolish.com/rmk_page/RMK_Pictures/Astronomers640/SChandler.JPG
> I also heard it shifted the earth's axis by three inches. > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] > On > Behalf Of Tom Kreyche > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:21 AM > To: 'sundial list' > Subject: Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days > > The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the > length > of each Earth day. > > JPL research scientist Richard Gross computed how Earth's rotation should > have changed as a result of the Feb. 27 quake. Using a complex model, he > and > fellow scientists came up with a preliminary calculation that the quake > should have shortened the length of an Earth day by about 1.26 > microseconds > (a microsecond is one millionth of a second). > > Complete story at > http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth-20100301.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
