Wednesday, June 29, 2022, was slightly shorter than any other day by just 1.59 milliseconds, all due to a slight “wobble” of the Earth, according to scientists. An average day is 86,400 seconds, or 24 hours, but timanddate.com reported that June 29 was 1.59 milliseconds shorter than that. On that day, the Earth completed one split-second rotation in less than 24 hours. This slight “wobble” made that day the shortest day ever recorded since atomic clocks began. According to Insider it is not unusual for the Earth to “wobble” since it is not a perfect sphere. EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE TRAPS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ AMOUNT OF HEAT: NASA, NOAA REPORT June 29, 2022 was 1.59 milliseconds the shortest day on record, due to a slight “wobble” of the earth. (NASA) Other causes of the Earth’s “wobble” include ocean tides, gravity from the moon, climate and processes in the Earth’s inner or outer layers, according to Timeanddate.com. The site reported that the Earth has been accelerating over the years. In 2020, it reported that Earth had 28 of its shortest days since atomic clock measurements began in the 1960s. Now, in 2022, Earth is still spinning faster with the shortest day on record on June 29. DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS MOBILE APP TODAY Many scientists associate the change in speed with something called a “Chandler tumbling,” which is when there is a change in the Earth’s rotation on its axis. Insider reported that the first “Chandler Wobble” was spotted in the late 1880s by Seth Carlo Chandler. Although the “swing” reduced the time on Wednesday, the incident does not change much in our daily life. Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
