In message <815517.110281276250464575.javamail.r...@wmail51>, "[email protected]
" writes:
>
>I was wondering, why we assume that  Earth's rotation is slowing down, instead 
>that clocks are speeding up?

Because we can measure it relative to the position of very distant
quasars.

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