text: why does the the earth tilt side to side on its axis? and what keeps it in motion it angers me to read the level of intellect in these answers. the earth is speeding at such a rate not felt by us (minute earthlings) on the surface. the wobble is caused by the fact that the earths rotation is still trying to balance out from it's original creation. due to the fact that the earths' mantle is still constantly moving under intense pressure, and made up of molten rock, the weight of the world is not level. or that bastard zoldo unplugged the cli439tr when he blasted into the heavens on 48/68/-56324.  and check out this for an unbalaced view http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?article_id=48746