Earth is rotating slow due to China

[narcon]

 

[Armstrong]

I want at least one of these in Pakistan no matter how much it slows the rotation !

 

[PeaceGen]

lol, let's blame the Chinese for everything

 

[indian_foxhound]

hows that affecting rotation???

 

[narcon]

hows that affecting rotation???

China's monster dam will slow the rotation of the Earth : Science

Raising 39 trillion kilograms of water 175 meters above sea level will increase the Earth’s moment of inertia and thus slow its rotation. However, the effect would extremely small. NASA scientists calculated that shift of such as mass would increase the length of day by only 0.06 microseconds and make the Earth only very slightly more round in the middle and flat on the top. It would shift the pole position by about two centimeters (0.8 inch). Note that a shift in any object’s mass on the Earth relative to its axis of rotation will change its moment of inertia, although most shifts are too small to be measured (but they can be calculated).

Inertia is the key word.

 

[1ndy]

hows that affecting rotation???

i read in my physics book that mass affect gravity. . . I can't explain here but dams do affect the rotation of earth.

 

[Phoenix89]

What Rubbish, Only Rajnikanth can Slow the rotation of earth.

 

[theniubt]

So does skyscrapers.

hows that affecting rotation???

 

[888jamie888]

Tsnumais, earthquakes etc also alter the earths axis.
If that dam can slow rotation, I am sure it is not the first project to do so.

 

[PITA]

 

[john.mccainn]

unbelievable which Einstein believe this source ?
http://modsreloaded.com/china-s-monster-dam-will-slow-the-rotation-of-the-earth-t4414.html
oops the OP i guest

 

[Ayush]

the Chinese impact.

 

[Jango]

I don't think my clock is going to adjust for that!!!

BTW, does this have an effect on the clock/time coordination b/w space station and other space bodies and the Earth stations?

 

[PITA]

Good, maybe if there's more I can finally get some work done rather than post here on PDF.

 

[HongWu]

Dam amazing!