[LEAPSECS] Nit-pick: SI second
Tom Van Baak
tvb at LeapSecond.com
Mon Feb 7 14:10:09 EST 2011
> It is also why TAI's rate was adjusted in the 1990's to compensate for
> the red-shifted data that had been collected at NIST in Boulder, since
> it sits at about 5400' (1700m) above sea level (as well as other
> facilities not at sea level).
>
> Warner
Are you sure you aren't confusing red shift (which has been
a known factor since the 60's) with blackbody shift (which
only arose in the 90's as clocks hit the 1e-15 level)?
/tvb
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