Re: [LEAPSECS] Introduction of long term scheduling

From: Daniel R. Tobias <dan_at_TOBIAS.NAME>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:40:30 -0500

On 2 Jan 2007 at 19:40, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> Has anybody calculated how much energy is required to change
> the Earths rotation fast enough to make this rule relevant ?

Superman could do it. Or perhaps he could nudge the Earth's rotation
just enough to make the length of a mean solar day exactly equal
86,400 SI seconds.

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