[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

Greg Hennessy greg.hennessy at cox.net
Fri Jun 15 16:28:20 EDT 2007



> Here's one way to consider the question. In the 1960's when

> leap seconds were first proposed how many astronomers and

> how many DUT1-impacted telescope installations were there?


I don't consider this a valid way of considering the question, since
there are many people other than astronomers who care if lack of leap
seconds eventually means "noon" is in the middle of the night.



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