[LEAPSECS] operational time -- What's in a name?

[Rob Seaman]

On Mar 28, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Steve Allen wrote:


> It seems unlikely to me that any organization has the standing to

> assert an unambiguous time scale that is both operational and

> comprehensive across history.


Indeed.  This is a function of Mother Earth.  Smash a clock offering a  
representation of mean solar time.  The repaired clock could be reset  
via observation from first principles.  Smash an atomic clock.  Then  
what?

Rob Seaman
NOAO