At 12:32 PM 7/20/2005, Chris O'Byrne wrote... >Mike wrote > >> They missed the event by 7 seconds instead of under 1. > >A one second difference in UT1 does not correspond to a one second >difference in the observed time of the eclipse in an atomic timescale >... I now think that is wrong - I now think the ratio is more like >2:1. I might run a monte-carlo simulation to see exactly what the ratio >is.
So what's the problem? If you miss the eclipse the first time, just set your watch back an hour, then the eclipse with be 1/2 hour in the future and you get another chance. :-) But the point is still made: 3.5 seconds vs. 1 second. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
