Anukruti posted an MCQ
December 22, 2020 • 04:03 am 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Geology (GG)

The increase in length of day on the earth at a rate of 2.4miliseconds/100 years is due to

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    Rahul kumar best-answer

    Tidal friction has lead to increase in daylength by 2.4 milliseconds/100 years by decreasing the Earth's rotational speed.

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    Sajan sarthak Best Answer

    A large part of it is due to something called tidal braking, which basically means that the Moon's tidal pull is acting like a drag on our planet. "The heaping up of water drags on Earth as it spins underneath," said Morrison.

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