[LEAPSECS] 1.26 microseconds

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Mon Jun 13 17:08:17 EDT 2011


So "day" is a word referring to Earth Rotation?
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On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <8E941833-684B-420A-B99E-2610E2FB429E at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>

>> What will Janet Echelman's work "1.26" mean...

>>

>> http://www.echelman.com/denver.html

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>> ...in a world where we're co-opted to pretend that each day is

>> equal to a round and invariant 86,400 SI-seconds?

>

> The same as it does now: it's about Earth Rotation, not about time.

>

> Looks nice btw.




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