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Mars ‘wobbles’ as it spins, the exact cause may take ‘years of high quality data’ to uncover – Firstpost
The planet’s poles wander up to 10 centimetres from the average axis of rotation, in a cycle that repeats every 207 days.
FP TrendingJan 11, 2021 10:27:18 IST
Scientists have now discovered that Mars is wiggling and wobbling while it spins, and they have no idea why the celestial body is doing so. According to a reportby EOS, scientists have detected what is known as the ‘Chandler wobble’ on Mars. The phenomenon is a repeated movement of the poles on the planet surface away from its average axis of rotation. The Chandler wobble arises when a rotating body is not a perfect sphere and the imbalance affecting its spin,…
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