Is Earth's Rotation Slow-Down a HOAX?

Is the theory of Earth's rotational slow-down a hoax? or a misconception?

That issue comes up when recently discovered during analysis of ancient
astronomical texts from the Seleucid Era determined that earlier texts used
a different lunar position than later ones, suggesting the lunar position
was altered to assist with camouflage of revisionism. But that's not where
the question comes from. It is known that the current "delta-T" and other
adjustments are made based upon those numerous Seleucid Period texts. If
those texts had fabricated lunar times then those adjustments come into
question.

But that is of note, an empirical look at two parameters beyond the Seleucid
Period texts suggests there has been no change in the Earths' rotational
speed in over 3000 years. That's the result of a comparison of the current
decrease in the Earth's rotational speed now and the length of the year
during the time of Ramses in the 13th Century BC. Currently the Earth's
Rotational speed doesn't vary even a fraction of second! So it is quite
stable. The number of days of the year during the 13th Century BC,
likewise, was exactly the same number of days in the year as now, even to
the fraction of the day. Thus it would seem by comparison with much
earlier texts there has been no change in the Earth's Rotation Speed in over
3000 years.

The difference in lunar time manulation of two compared texts from the
Seleucid Period was about 13.5 hours speedup.

L. Wilson


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