[LEAPSECS] leap seconds, newspapers, earth rotation

[Michael Rothwell]

Uhm...

While it would take hundreds of years for the difference to become obvious
> to most people, *modern satellite communication and navigation systems
> rely on time being consistent with the conventional positions of the Sun,
> Moon and stars*


... what?

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 6:04 AM Bob Paddock <bob.paddock at gmail.com> wrote:

> > The only reference to shortening the minute to 59 seconds is in the
> > headline in the New York Post story.  The headline writer appears to
> > have made up this claim without any regard for journalistic norms of
> > truth.  I do not usually read the New York Post so I do not know if
> > this is the regular practice there.
>
> Yes that is a normal thing for the New York Post.
> Sadly it is common in many headlines.
> Click Bait.
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