The original question asked whether the speed of light was taken into account in the definition of UTC. From where I'm standing (and please excuse the pun), it isn't.
Rob Kimberley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike cook Sent: 30 August 2011 9:52 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] UTC and the speed of light? Le 30/08/2011 10:36, Rob Kimberley a écrit : > AFIK it isn't. > > Rob K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Chris Albertson > Sent: 30 August 2011 8:40 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: [time-nuts] UTC and the speed of light? > > How is the speed of light accounted for in the definition of UTC? > > In other words, how did they solve the conflict where on one hand we'd > all expect two "perfect" clocks to "tick" at the same time but wether > they do depends on the location of the observer? No, but the position of the clocks used to measure TAI on which UTC is based is taken into account with the definition of TAI. "TAI is a coordinate time scale defined in a geocentric reference frame with the SI second as realized on the rotating geoid as the scale unit" _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
