This year, and for the last 5 yrs, the earths orbit around the sun finished up on time. Congratulations, god, you finally got it right. Your solar system has been gradually slowing down for millenia, losing about a second per yr.
This is my usual sarcastic style, but the 'times' mentioned are accurate. Check it out @ http://www.local6.com/news/2733130/detail.html
BOULDER, Colo. -- In a phenomenon that has scientists puzzled, the Earth is right on schedule for a fifth straight year.
Experts agree that the rate at which the Earth travels through space has slowed ever so slightly for millennia. To make the world's official time agree with where the Earth actually is in space, scientists in 1972 started adding an extra "leap second" on the last day of the year.
For 28 years, scientists repeated the procedure. But in 1999, they discovered the Earth was no longer lagging behind.
At the National Institute for Science and Technology in Boulder, spokesman Fred McGehan said most scientists agree the Earth's orbit around the sun has been gradually slowing for millennia. But he said they don't have a good explanation for why it's suddenly on schedule.
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