In message <[email protected]>, Michael Deckers writes: > The astronomical phenomenon that is used for determining > the phase of UTC is the rotation of the Earth, and this > is no longer one of the "fundamental vehicles" for > synchronization because it is (currently) neither > constant nor predictable to a sufficient degree.
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