@someguy3@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10file-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@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-22 years agoI’m intrigued by your comment, what are you referencing? edit: thanks for the answers! fascinating
minus-squareKeslinkfedilink18•2 years 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-square@GingeyBook@lemm.eelinkfedilink9•2 years 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.