A new study has revealed that the Moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 3.8 centimeters per year.
Experts say that this increasing distance between the Earth and the Moon will have a clear effect on the length of days (hours) of both planets. A day on earth is 24 hours long, the moon is slowly moving away from earth which will result in a day on earth being 25 hours long.
This claim has been made in the research conducted in America some time ago and the results published in the ‘Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science‘. The aforementioned research was done at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in which it has been reported that the moon has been shining in the earth’s sky for billions of years.
Researchers say that the Moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 cm per year, which will increase the length of Earth’s day.
In the results of the research, it has also been revealed that if this trend continues, the duration of the Earth’s day will be 25 hours in the next 20 million years.
In the results of the research, it has been claimed about the past that one billion and 40 million years ago, the duration of one day of the earth was 18 hours.
Researchers have said that as a result of the increase in the distance between the Moon and the Earth, the speed of the Moon will also slow down the rotation of the Earth, due to which the length of the Earth’s day will increase.
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