India, July 22 -- Earth is spinning faster this summer, making some days in July and August marginally shorter, according to a recent study.
July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 milliseconds less than 24 hours, while similar 'short days' expected on July 22 and August 5, as per New estimates released by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service and the US Naval Observatory, compiled by timeanddate.com.
On average, from the point of view of the Sun, Earth completes one full rotation on its axis in exactly 86,400 seconds, which totals to 24 hours.
The shortest length of day, or LOD, ever recorded by atomic clocks, was -1.66 ms on July 5, 2024.
Short-term variations in LOD are affected by the o...