É quando o Sol, no seu movimento aparente, corta o equador celeste.
Equinócio da Primarera:
Este ano o Equinócio ocorreu a 20 de Março, pelas 17h32m.
Este instante marca o início da Primavera no Hemisfério Norte.




Segundo um artigo do cientista Richard Gross, o sismo que atingiu o Chile em 27 de Fevereiro de 2010 pode também ter encurtado os dias no planeta.
A NASA publicou, nesta Terça feira, um artigo do cientista Richard Gross, do Laboratório de Propulsão a Jacto da NASA na Califórnia, que admite que o sismo que assolou o Chile no passado Sábado, de 8,8 graus na escala de Richter, possa ter alterado o eixo da Terra em cerca de 8 centímetros.
Segundo os cálculos feitos por Gross e pela sua equipa, os dias na Terra ter-se-ão encurtado em cerca de 1,26 microsegundos.
O modelo usado pela equipa de Gross foi o mesmo que em 2004 estimou que o terramoto na Sumatra, que foi seguido de um tsunami que atingiu as costas do Oceano Índico, alterou o eixo da Terra em 7 centímetros e encurtou os dias em 6,8 microsegundos.
Fonte:http://www.esquerda.net/content/view/15493/28/
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