New Year To Arrive One Second Late

Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth’s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news9323.html">New Year To Arrive One Second Late</a></p> <p>Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth’s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second. </p>