[LEAPSECS] Nit-pick: SI second

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Fri Feb 11 01:20:32 EST 2011


Hi Tom,


> Something else is wrong here too. National UTC timing labs

> are all over the world, at a variety of latitudes and altitudes.

> No one corrects for latitude as far as I know; only altitude.


Thought I'd toss out another Sagnac reference:

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti/ptti2002/paper20.pdf


> Am I missing something? Should I start planning a new clock trip?


By all means! Even if it's a non-detection you will have been to the South Pole and Kilimanjaro :-)

Rob



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