Inner Core
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Earth’s inner core paused and changed direction of its rotation, scientists say
(ORDO NEWS) — The rotating solid ball at the center of the Earth‘s inner core appears to have recently come to a halt and may now be spinning in a different direction, according to a new study. A team of scientists from Peking University in China have been studying the movement of the Earth’s mysterious interior by analyzing data on seismic waves from earthquakes that have broken through the Earth’s…
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Rotation of the Earth’s inner core turned out to be uneven
(ORDO NEWS) — Having processed seismograms of nuclear tests at the turn of the 1970s, scientists have shown that the period of rotation of the Earth‘s inner core changes cyclically. All space bodies rotate around their axis. Solid bodies, to which our Earth belongs, rotate as a whole and, as a rule, very uniformly. Therefore, the second, previously defined as one 86,400th fraction of an Earth day, served as a…