المملكة: The President of “Astronomical Jeddah” for “Today”: The acceleration of the Earth’s rotation will not affect daily life

The President of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Eng. Majid Abu Zahrah, stressed that the planet is currently going through a stage of the unexpected acceleration in its rotation, which leads to the registration of a group of the shortest days in the history of mankind, without having a significant impact on people’s daily lives.
Abu Zahra explained that the land, which revolves around its axis within 24 hours (equivalent to 86,400 seconds), began since 2020 a shorter days in amounts measured in parts of a thousand seconds, thanks to the careful monitoring of atomic watches.

President of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Engineer Majid Abu Zahra

He added that on July 5, 2024, it was recorded as the shortest known day in the modern era, as it was 1.66 millimeters shorter than the standard day.

The shortest days of the year

He indicated that astronomical expectations indicate that the summer of 2025 will witness the registration of three of the shortest days of the year and perhaps the shortest days of the modern era, namely:
• July 9, 2025, 1.30 mm from 24 hours
• July 22, 2025, 1.38 millimeters
• 5 August 2025 by 1.51 millimeters
Abu Zahra indicated that these data are determined by accurate accounts implemented by institutions such as “International Earth’s During Service”, which monitors the accurate differences between astronomical time (UT1) and atomic time (Tai).

The reasons for the acceleration of the earth

On the reasons for this acceleration, he explained that the scholars have not yet reached a conclusive interpretation, but there are several hypotheses under study, most notably:
• Changes in the movement of the liquid land nucleus
• The melting of the polar ice and the redistribution of the mass
• Great earthquakes and their impact on internal balance
• Changes in the effect of the moon, tide and carrots
He stressed that the impact of this acceleration is not felt by a person in his daily life, but his technical effect may be tangible in fine digital systems such as GPS, satellites, and sensitive infrastructure such as broadcasting timing and bank servers.
He also pointed out that if this acceleration continues, the international bodies concerned with time may be forced to take an unprecedented step known as the “negative second”, which means deleting one second from UTC to compensate for the increasing difference.
He explained that all the amendments preceding the timing were by adding a positive leap second, but it was not deleted one second before, and this is expected to happen for the first time in 2029 if the current pattern continued.
Engineer Majid Abu Zahrah concluded his speech by emphasizing that this phenomenon, despite its strangeness and scientific importance, does not directly affect people’s lives, but it is a reminder of the dynamic of our complex planet, and that the Earth is not just a fixed crime, but rather a precise global machine that still surprises us and precedes time.