On Sat 2005-11-12T14:53:29 -0800, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
The other 3 alerts that occasionally give interesting
results are leapsecond, leap hour, and leaphour.
It deserves mention that scanning news for the corresponding words in
seven other languages picks up more articles, but it turns out
There is a nifty google feature that will scour the internet for news
articles on any subject, and send you weeky, daily, or immediate
notifications.
Browse on http://www.google.com/alerts
Beware- If you ask for 'leap second' you will get more than you want!
Ask for leap second, and you will
The RAS statement seems to have generated quite a bit of media comment:
http://abc.net.au/science/news/space/SpaceRepublish_1466849.htm
Mark Calabretta
ATNF