Planet X: Slowing Rotation 3 (Star Sync Evidence)

3. If the Earth’s rotation is slowing beyond what is being admitted,
   then the time to arrive at sync points with the constellations should be
   slowing, yet seems to be steady.  

BUT, charts on star syncing prior to 1900 show a stasis for 200 years
with only a SLOWING since 1900.  

3a: Troubled Times member Mike found that the Earth orbit is not
    slowing, only the rotation.
    (chart at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword17y.htm)

3b: Troubled Times member Jacob found a chart on Earth rotation vs star
    syncing with a chart from 1620.  This shows the Earth rotation SLOWING
    since 1900. 

    I am not an astronomer [but] I have [a] book on the
    subject: Practical Astronomy with your Calculator 
    by Peter Duffett-Smith, Cambridge University Press, 
    Cambridge, 1988. I was very surprised to find in this 
    book a chapter 16 describing the phenomenon of the 
    recent slowing of the Earth rotation in great details. 
    The change of the Earth rotation in this book was 
    calculated from the motion of the Moon for old data 
    (since 1620) or from the time measured by atomic
    clock (since 1984). For some unknown reasons the 
    Earth rotation measured by the Moon clock was 
    accelerating from the year 1620 to the year 1680. 
    Then the Earth rotation was quite stable for more 
    than two centuries. Suddenly, since the year 1900
    the Earth rotation began slowing quite rapidly, and
    it is continuing slowing. In January 1986 the 
    difference between ET (ephemeris time) or TDT 
    (terrestrial dynamic time) and UT (universal time) 
    was 54.87 seconds, UT being behind TDT; that
    is TDT-UT=Delta T=54.87 seconds.
    (chart at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx385.htm)

3c. Troubled Times member Mike learned that Global Positioning
    Satellites were adjusted for a 6 minute period recently, in 1999. 

    I just got wind of this today from a friend who read
    it in a boating magazine. According to the 
    government, on August 21, 1999 ALL of the GPS
    satellites will be switched off for at least 6 minutes
    or more as they are reset and tested. Something about
    being designed for a "20 year cycle".
    (page at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword17q.htm)

3d. The Navy attempted to drop leap seconds altogether, to avoid the
    issue of clocks being out of sync with the stars, but did not get
    international cooperation. 

    Dear Colleague,
    It has been proposed to change the definition of 
    Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) regarding the 
    insertion of leap-seconds, possibly even eliminating
    their use. Leap seconds are introduced so as to keep
    UTC synchronized (within 0.9 s) to the time scale 
    determined from the Earth's rotation. ...
    I would appreciate your assistance, and a response 
    by January 15 [2,000] to dnm@orion.usno.navy.mil.
      Sincerely,
        Demetrios Matsakis, 
           Director, Time Service Department, 
           U. S. Naval Observatory
              Nov 16, 1999
    (page at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tword172.htm)

3d: But the rate or change compared to prior data during the 1900s is
    well known. Troubled Times member Jacob notes:

    So, the change of Earth slowing during one day was 
    0.000073 second or 73 microseconds at that time; the 
    change during one week was 0.000918 second or 918 
    microseconds. This very small daily change is very 
    hard to measure with common time devices. I have 
    learned from the International Earth Rotation Service 
    web page that their data are based on very accurate
    measurements of the Earth rotation using data from 
    Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite 
    Laser Ranging (SLR), Global Positioning System 
    (GPS) satellites, and Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR). 
    Data are supplied by many organizations including 
    U.S. Naval Observatory, Paris Observatory, Institute
    of Applied Astronomy, St. Petersburg, and many 
    others. Astronomical times are fully defined.
    (page at http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx385.htm)

And the Zetas explain the difficulty when the public is LOOKING:

    ... the Moon is positioned to present itself as full on 
    time, but the spot on Earth predicted to be able to
    view a Full Moon may not be in position, if the Earth
    is rotating more slowly. The Earth thus seems to take 
    longer, in a very gradual slowdown, for a given spot 
    on Earth to arrive where it can view the Full Moon. 
    The added time is only allowing the Earth to position
    itself for a view. But at a certain point in this slowing
    process, those looking to view the full moon will not
    be in position on the proper night. At first, the moon
    is viewed on this horizon, then overhead, then on the
    other horizon, but still able to be viewed on the proper
    date. The Full Moon is almost always sought or 
    noticed at night, when it is dramatic.
        ZetaTalk™, Trend Data
              (http://www.zetatalk.com/poleshft/p128.htm)