More important, I believe he meant to specify the interval of 10 µd (10 microdays) which is 7 942 433 849.28 cycles. (Note that 10 µd is 0.864 s)
Astronomers use the Julian day and subdivide it decimally, but I don't think they propose changing the second. Ignoring the time elay to post this, it is Julian Day 2455752.4347 ________________________________ From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, July 9, 2011 5:25:32 PM Subject: [USMA:50850] Re: Stretching the second On Jul 8 , at 6:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: referring to 9192631770cycles of radiation ... what is the difference with 10 639 620 104 cycles of radiation ... ? The difference is 1 446 998 334 cycles. But Jim Freysinger beat me to the punch with that answer. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ==========================
