On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 5:53 AM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > On 05/17/2018 12:13 PM, Tim Peters wrote: > >> Other things can cause the Earth's rotation to speed up temporarily >> (like some major geological events), but they've only been able to >> overcome factors acting to slow rotation for brief periods, and never >> yet got near to overcoming them by a full second. > > > How long before the earth stops rotating? When it does, will we be > tide-locked with the sun, or will an earth day become an earth year? > > Inquiring-minds-want-to-know'ly yrs;
Won't ever happen. A few thousand years ago, the planet heard the adage "one good turn deserves another", and interpreted it as an infinite loop. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
