On 2011-09-21, David Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > >> It's unfortunate that the earth DOES NOT rotate exactly 360 degrees in >> exactly 24.000000000000 hours. This bit of poor design causes all sorts > > It's nothing like it. It out by approximately 1 degree a day!
well, not if you define the rotation with respect to the "mean sun" rather than the stars. Then it is only out by a few PPB. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
