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Old December 29th 04, 06:51 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Tilting Axis???????


"Alan" wrote in message
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The Earth wobbled on its axis by about an inch


Does it even do that I wonder?
That may be the amount it would move theoretically if the earth was
a perfectly elastic solid body. However it's not and the vast majority
of the earth is made up of viscous molten rock which would simply
absorb the energy rather than transmit it.

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