[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 51, Issue 7

[Mark Calabretta]

On Wed 2011/02/02 16:52:23 PDT, Warner Losh wrote
in a message to: leapsecs at leapsecond.com


>That's what I'm asking when I ask about the mean solar time's averaging 

>period.  It has to be specified, explicitly or implicitly, to be meaningful.


It's explained at p183 of "Fundamentals of astrodynamics and
applications" by Vallado:

  http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PJLlWzMBKjkC&pg=PA183

Regards,
Mark Calabretta