On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 09:28:33PM -0400, David McGaw wrote:
> It is my understanding that they actually got it a bit wrong, which
> is why we seem to have a lot of leap seconds.
The atom is a much better timekeeper than the Earth. They
could have chosen differently for convenience, but there's nothing really
wrong with the choice as it was made.
The issue is what to do with it over time as the Earth continues
to slow.
--msa
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