Hi there

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 of problems.

It's about 361°, 23:56:04.1 for 360°.

 Leap seconds are just one of the symptoms!

It not just the earth's rotation. It's it's orbit as well. No two orbits are identical.


Regards,
Rob
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Wim T. Schippers for president
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