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Weird. When I was very young, I came to the conclusion that the days had been growing longer since the creation of the tidal effects of the moon, that oceans were effectively acting as a brake against the shores of land. I came to this conclusion intuitively. As the Moon's revolution around the Earth is at a slower pace than the Earth's rotation; the shortening of days is completely counterintuitive to me. What force could cause the Earth to spin faster?
 
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You would expect something to trigger a faster spin. The only thing I can think of is the earth's wobble. Like a spin top winding down, the wobble increases and the spin gets out of whack. I think it is a faster spin that shortens days.

Another thought is the molten center wobbling creates its own driving force to increase the spin slightly.

Another suggestion is that a asteroid in a close fly by tugged on the waters of earth and created a force to speed the earth's spin. I have no idea and am just bouncing spaghettis against the wall to see which one will stick.
 
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I think it is a faster spin that shortens days.

Correct.

Another thought is the molten center wobbling creates its own driving force to increase the spin slightly.

If the liquid center (That's a big if. Listen, I wanted to become a Geologist at one time; but no one has proven that there is a liquid center.) was in motion, out of sync, with the mantle; it would create drag. This would slow the earth down.

Try spinning a raw egg on its' end; then try spinning a hard boiled one. This will demonstrate this phenomenon.

Another suggestion is that a asteroid in a close fly by tugged on the waters of earth and created a force to speed the earth's spin.

If such a dramatic event took place, that raised tides so great that it did in a short time, what the moon has been doing unnoticed throughout my life; I'm sorry I missed it. I suspect that it would compare to the times of Noah.


This is why I'm puzzled by all of this. How would the Earth gain measurable inertia?

Did it affect the length of our year? If not, why not? What outside force could cause the earth to rotate on its' axis at a faster rate, yet not affect the speed or path.....

AHAH!

Maybe the Earth is falling into the sun!
 
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Another thought is the molten center wobbling creates its own driving force to increase the spin slightly.

I'm going to take a different stance for a moment on the term in bold italics above. The most that someone has ever dug into the surface of the earth is 12.262 km, specifically the Kola Superdeep Borehole in the Pechengsky District in Russia.

When they reached the deeper depths, expecting to find molten substances, they only found superheated water (that superheating seeming to have been the result of intense pressure) and hydrogen gas (the latter being a by-product of the water, as the oxygen bonded with earth elements). The core samples that were pulled gave evidence of deep sources of water, which serve as physical proof of the account of "the fountains of the deep" which burst forth in the account of Noach in B'resheet 7 and 8.

We've all seen the grade school images in science texts, showing the usual crust/mantle/outer core/inner core model, but there has not been direct, perceivable evidence to show that such a model holds true. Simply put, no one's ever dug down farther than 12.262 km, and, when looking at a world with a diametre of ~12,742 km, that comes up really short. So, how do they know what's down past 12.262 km? The school model sounds like an interesting hypothesis, but nothing's been observed to verify it.

I imagine that is a good thing, given what we read about what comes out of the deep in the Last Days (cf. Chazon (Revelation) 9).
 
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Hmmm.. Another thought is that is that it would spin at a slower rate in a wobble; but if it were to come out of that wobble it might pick up speed. I'll have to think about this some more; but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Done. Yes it's possible.
 
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What I found to be very interesting is that marine life was found in the waters at that depth.
 
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I know, no proof of molten center, but what if, then, scenario was given.
 
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It is not conclusive regarding the center of the earth.
I presented from the point of a molten center for how the earth can be slowed down in it rotation.

Got it. Thank you.
 
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