Japan:G.P.S. 8 feet off -Earth axis is tilted 4 inches more

[Philip Miller Tate]

On 12 Mar 2011, at 19:56, andre kesteloot wrote:

> On 3/12/2011 12:04 PM, Louis Mamakos wrote:
>> Hmm... wouldn't this measurement make more sense expressed in arc- 
>> seconds?  Or did we jump 8 feet closer to the moon or something?   
>> I'm pretty sure that I don't have to worry about spring coming any  
>> sooner, or have to adjust the polar alignment of my telescope  
>> mount in my observatory.
> how do we know that Japan jumped one way, and that it is not the  
> rest of the earth that moved the other way?
> Can you trust those satellites?  :-)



The satellites assure me that they only tell the absolute truth. And  
to vote Republican. Which is strange, because I'm British.

Phil M1GWZ