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Synchronising the Earth's rotation via mass redistribution
How much material would have to be moved per year from mountain-tops to valleys in order to keep the Earth's rotation synchronised with UTC, thus removing the need for leap seconds to be periodically ...
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Why does the earth rotate? [duplicate]
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Why does every thing spin?
So why would the earth, or any planet for that matter, rotate along an axis? I know of no force which could come into play here, so i assume ...
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Are there planets that do not rotate on their axis?
I was reading a thread about how a pendulum would be affected if the Earth did not rotate and Larian's answer made me wonder if all planets rotate necessarily due to physics.
So that's the question: ...
