On Tue 2012-01-17T10:44:18 -0700, Warner Losh hath writ: > [*] Unless I'm an astronomer or care which way the earth is pointing to > sub-minute accuracy.
The GPS system, and the other GNSS, must know that in order to operate. The satellite tracking code, the VLBI code, the LLR code have all been written and operated in the presence of leap seconds. The absence of leap seconds could compromise the infrastructure that supports GPS. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
