-------- In message <c6361893-5df5-44b5-ad1a-5606a28bb...@noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:
>And length of day most assuredly derives from the synodic day, >i.e., mean solar time. Is there not one fewer day in the year than >sidereal rotations? "Derives from" is not a "physical reality", it's merely a social custom. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs