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It seems to be approximately 2^32 tenths of second into the new millennium. Which is an odd way to do things, but I guess there were reasons.
by aptwebapps 13y ago
It seems to be approximately 2^32 tenths of second into the new millennium. Which is an odd way to do things, but I guess there were reasons.
- lelf 13y agoSeems so h> logBase 2 . realToFrac $ (secs "2013-08-11" - secs "2000-01-01")*10 31.999992174768167
- tinco 13y agoI bet there's a: \\TODO: reset the clock before launch day Somewhere that would have allowed it a ~13 years lifetime from launch day on instead of from 2000 on..
- munkeegutz 13y agoI bet that during the initial design phase, they wanted to keep the design simple, have enough timekeeping range to cover the mission and then maximize temporal resolution. Someone realized that a counter operating on tenths of a second from 2000 was both easy to use and sufficient for the primary mission... they then thought nothing of it until the loss of contact
- michaelhoffman 13y agoThe standard for astronomical measurements today is the J2000.0 epoch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_%28astronomy%29#Julian_years_and_J2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_%28astronomy%29#Julian_ye...
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