> On 6 Nov 2014, at 14:37, Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > -------- > In message > <CAHZk5WfKSLMy77HK1Vsvk9PQ5v=tpb0rzuri8j4kmcezooa...@mail.gmail.com> > , Sanjeev Gupta writes: > >> Note that "seconds" are also a unit of angles, so UT1 seconds being a >> measure of angle is not strange. > > ...and I'm sure any surveyor or ships navigator would be extremely suprised > if somebody told him that the degree between 23°59' and 24°00' had > sixtyone seconds once every other year or so.
But isn't the whole point of UT1 seconds that there _isn't_ an extra second? UT1 time, modified by the equation of time and various other corrections, gives earth position against some reference framework, which can be reduced to an angle? ian _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
