someguy3 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?someguy3 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year agoI’m intrigued by your comment, what are you referencing? edit: thanks for the answers! fascinating
minus-squareKes@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoThe 3 Gorges Dam in China slowed the Earth’s rotation by .06 microseconds per day due to the amount of water moved altering the Earth’s moment of inertia
minus-squareGingeyBook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agohttps://interestingengineering.com/innovation/13-facts-about-the-controversial-massive-chinese-dam-that-slowed-the-earths-rotation
I’m intrigued by your comment, what are you referencing?
edit: thanks for the answers! fascinating
The 3 Gorges Dam in China slowed the Earth’s rotation by .06 microseconds per day due to the amount of water moved altering the Earth’s moment of inertia
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/13-facts-about-the-controversial-massive-chinese-dam-that-slowed-the-earths-rotation
My bad, added a link.