Chandler Wobble — Mind Blowing Fact 6
🌀 Wait… Earth Wobbles?
Yup — Earth isn’t spinning like a flawless basketball on a finger. It’s doing a weird little dance called the Chandler wobble.
Back in 1891, an astronomer named Seth Carlo Chandler noticed that Earth’s spin was kinda… off. Instead of rotating around a perfectly fixed axis, our planet actually wobbles a bit, causing the North and South Poles to drift in small circles — up to 30 feet wide — over a cycle of about 14 months.
Why? A combo of wild forces:
- Shifting air pressure in our atmosphere
- Sloshing ocean currents
- Gooey movements deep in the molten core
It’s like Earth had one too many espresso shots and can’t stand still.
So yeah — our planet isn’t just spinning, it’s vibing.
Source: Wikipedia – Chandler wobble