Re: [LEAPSECS] building consensus

From: Tom Van Baak <tvb_at_leapsecond.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 06:25:39 -0700

> UT1 et al are not really measures of time, but of angle (of Terran
> rotation).

To some degree yes, but don't they also include minor
corrections (polar motion, longitude, etc.) and so at one
level they already depart from raw angle measurement
and instead are trying to act like clocks?

/tvb
Received on Thu Jun 01 2006 - 06:50:16 PDT

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