Rob Seaman <sea...@noao.edu> wrote: > > >> 10. the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service > >> (IERS) provides a means of accessing UT1 in real-time by means of > >> routinely available predictions of UT1-UTC with precision 100 000 > >> times better that the coarse approximation UT1 = UTC currently > >> provided by means of coding UTC to match UT1 within 0.9 second; > > This is irrelevant and is meant to imply that any issues with > implementing a redefined UTC will be minor. They will not be minor for > my community.
I gathered from the report of the meeting that the IAU is happy with the idea of abolishing leap seconds. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, rain at first. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
