[LEAPSECS] Far past and far future

[Steve Allen]

On Tue 2011-05-24T23:01:35 +0100, Clive D.W. Feather hath writ:

> Lunar laser ranging says that the length of day is increasing by about

> 2.3ms per century in the long term.

>

> But how long term is that?


40 years


> Does anyone have figures on how far back or

> forward I can project based on that figure? What was the length of the day

> in the time of the dinosaurs?


If there's a better reference than Williams somebody please say so.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2000/1999RG900016.shtml

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