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| Aug 4, 2021 at 15:14 | comment | added | Connor Garcia♦ | @gerrit I think it is relevant for this answer, so I added an explanation. | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 15:13 | comment | added | Connor Garcia♦ | @HartmutBraun I added a link to the paper and some verbiage and a quote for more explanation. | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 15:12 | history | edited | Connor Garcia♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2021 at 15:03 | history | edited | Connor Garcia♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2021 at 7:48 | comment | added | gerrit | It'd be interesting to learn details about how the fossil record supports the theory, but that may fit better over on Earth Science than here. | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 5:22 | comment | added | Hartmut Braun | Nice explanation of the mechanism to slow down earth’s rotation. BUT: how do they determine the rotation (as provided in the figure) millions of years ago? This is a great confirmation of the theory that tidal forces influence the rotation. But “Fossil rings” is quite a vague explanation and I couldn’t find the paper directly. | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 20:46 | comment | added | astrosnapper | Shorter term measurements of the changing Earth rotation from 720 BC to 2015 AD from eclipse and occultation timings were discussed in Stephenson et al. 2015 (free to read) | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 19:02 | comment | added | Kurt Hikes | Thank you!! Much appreciated!! | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 19:02 | vote | accept | Kurt Hikes | ||
| Aug 3, 2021 at 18:51 | history | answered | Connor Garcia♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |