Comment by wwarnout on 04/08/2022 at 20:07 UTC

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View submission: Is the Earth rotating faster?

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...where the length of the day has likely increased by a few hours since earlier periods of Earth history.

According to http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/when-a-day-lasted-only-four-hours[1] , a day lasted only 4 hours right after the moon was formed, and the moon was at about the same distance as our geosynchronous satellites. It would have appeared about 10 times bigger in diameter than it does now.

1: http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/when-a-day-lasted-only-four-hours

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