The prospect of a negative leap second is receding. The longer-term
projected length of day from Bulletin A has been increasing towards 24h
in recent months.
2023-02-02 -260 µs
2023-02-09 -250 µs
2023-02-16 -250 µs
2023-02-23 -240 µs
2023-03-02 -230 µs
2023-03-09 -230 µs
2023-03-16 -220 µs
Thank you Michael for pointing this out. I’ve had InsideGNSS correct the
on-line version. I would be willing to bet that it will happen in 2035, but I
am not privy to any inside information.
> On Mar 20, 2023, at 3:36 PM, Michael Deckers via LEAPSECS
> wrote:
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>On 2023-03-20
Brooks Harris writes:
> Multidecadal variation of the Earth's inner-core rotation
Thanks a LOT!
If I read this right, 1955 was the worst possible time for IAU
define the second ?
In 1955, purely by accident, the inner core was at the same stage
of it's multidecal oscillation (Extended
