ISU BOGOR – Why month away from the earth? The question has been widely expressed by the public recently and has been answered by the public scientist, both domestically and abroad.
Even the latest research of scientist in the United States found the impact was quite surprising, namely the day was noticeably longer. Reporting from Zmescience, sometimes humans wish for longer days to fit into a busy schedule.
According to an important study, one day in Earth lasted only 18 hours about 1.4 billion years ago. Related phenomena month which is slowly moving away from Earth, its effect on the rotation of the planet around its axis is reduced, thus making the day longer.
“Moment month move away, Earth like the figure of a spinning skater who slows down as they stretch out their arms, “explained Stephen Meyers, Professor of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Every year, he said, month away from Earth at a rate of 3.78 cm (1.48 inches) per year, or at a rate nearly the same as the growth of a human fingernail.
Moon Migration from Earth mainly due to tidal action Earth. Without month, Earth could slow down enough to become unstable, but this would take billions of years and probably never happen at all.
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For scientist believe that when Earth and month only formed about 4.5 billion years ago, the length of the day is only five hours. When the satellite drifts further than Earth, days are getting longer and this can be traced in the fossil record of some creatures.
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