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Leap seconds are an extremely Earth-centric concept.

• Ekaros 2y ago
  Sometimes I have wondered is there proper write up of how messy intragalactic or intergalactic communications and time keeping would be. With or without FTL communication... Relativistic effects could actually be significant. Not to mention different rotation rates, day lengths, month lengths and so on... Leap seconds are comparatively simple problem...
  • gpvos 2y ago
    They're considering creating a new time standard for the Moon. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39916102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39916102
• akira2501 2y ago
  Yea, unfortunately, all of our really good telescopes are bolted to it.
  • kibwen 2y ago
    JWST lives in the Earth-Sun L2 point, so I suppose that's still technically true.