[LEAPSECS] Parting the Red Sea

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <E4476674-165F-49F5-A513-3D1098DC07D1 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>Poul-Henning ponders:

>

>> What is the benefit of leap-seconds to non-astronomers ?

>

>Leap-seconds are the means to an end.

>

>Civil timekeeping - likely on this or any other planet - has a

>fundamental cadence synchronized to the mean synodic day.


And leapseconds is the means to the end that DUT1 should be < 1s.

What benefit does non-astronomers have from DUT1 < 1s ?

None that I can see...

None that you have documented ?

Poul-Henning


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