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At the inception of leap seconds it was unclear how well they could be predicted, but the agreement required 8 weeks of notice as a minimum. Since the inception
by sla29970 5y ago
At the inception of leap seconds it was unclear how well they could be predicted, but the agreement required 8 weeks of notice as a minimum. Since the inception of leap seconds the rotation of the earth has accelerated, not slowed.
- vba616 5y ago>Since the inception of leap seconds the rotation of the earth has accelerated, not slowed Ok, I'm not sure if you are correcting what I wrote or not. There is a sense in which what you write is correct, I think. But the long term trend is slowing, and since the inception of leap seconds, there have been ups and downs whether or not one averages over a year. Illustration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#/media/File:Deviation_of_day_length_from_SI_day.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second#/media/File:Deviat... I think this is showing that the yearly cycle is larger than the change in speed in a century, and so are the cycles in the 365-day average over decade-timescales.
- sla29970 5y agoLook at the past 250 years where there is not really any clear indication of deceleration https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/dutc.html https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/dutc.html
- vba616 5y agoIt says "Over the passage of centuries the rotation of the earth is being decelerated by tidal friction from the moon and sun" Are you correcting me, or not, or what is it you are trying to communicate?
- sla29970 5y agoIt is possible 8 weeks in advance to predict the difference between UTC and UT1 and keep it less than 0.9 seconds. Nothing more is required by international agreement.