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Old December 08, 2008, 07:02 PM
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Leap Second

This is a rather interesting article...a leap second! On Dec. 31th, your day will be just a second longer!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/2008willbejustasecondlonger
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I find it surprising!
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Then this end of year will be longer, I didn't know that.
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yeah that's right.....I think the last one was in 2005
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Ok, Then this year is longer, well, we will have more days to our favor.
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yeah...but I think it's only one second longer.....the Earth's rotation, in the article, is slowing down actually
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Then Earth's rotation is longer in the last seconds, it's happen this end of year.
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You might enjoy this Wikipedia article: leap second, or try it in Spanish and see how much you understand. segundo intercalar
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ok I will read the Wikipedia article, then TRY to read the Spanish one........
segundo intercalar is leap second, I know that....because I recognize segundo as second. if that is second then intercalar is leap.

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