The Future of Time: UTC and the Leap Second

[...] starting in 1972, radio signals began broadcasting atomic seconds. [...] leap seconds have occasionally been added to that stream of atomic seconds to keep the signals synchronized with the actual rotation of Earth. [...] a review, update and republication of documents and standards discussing...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American scientist 2011, Vol.99 (4), p.312
Hauptverfasser:	Finkleman, David, Allen, Steve, Seago, John, Seaman, Rob, Seidelmann, Ken
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Calendars Clocks & watches Metric system
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