Zefram <[email protected]> wrote: > > Warner has said things like "the UT1 second is 1e-9 different from the > SI second". That statement implies that the UT1 second is a physical > quantity, with dimensionality of proper time, which can thus be measured > using the SI second as a unit.
The UT1 second is 2pi/86400 times the reciprocal of the angular velocity of the Earth. The units for this quantity are just seconds (because angles are dimensionless), or if you want to be more explicit, seconds per 2pi/86400 radians. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Tyne, Dogger: South 4 or 5 backing southeast 6 to gale 8. Moderate becoming rough. Occasional rain. Moderate or good. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
