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Time is attached to the orbit of the earth (very precisely) so when time goes out of sync of the earth, it won't be a good day for anyone.
by withinboredom 2y ago
Time is attached to the orbit of the earth (very precisely) so when time goes out of sync of the earth, it won't be a good day for anyone.
- arp242 2y agoMost satellite systems don't use leap seconds; you don't need leap seconds to have satellites. And leap seconds don't really "sync time with the earth"; that's not how any of this works. Whether it's now 13:04:00 or 13:04:27 is somewhat arbitrary and all leap seconds do is maintain a certain arbitrary definition.
- Dylan16807 2y agoOrbiting around earth is going to be based on sidereal time, which drifts 4 minutes per day. Converting into normal units has no reason to care about leap seconds when it can use the actual offset and be a few orders of magnitude more precise.