[LEAPSECS] trivia, the 2nd longest year

[Robert Jones]

My apologies, a straight line calculation of the need for leap years 
would indicate that there should be 3 in the next 8000 years.

On 12/04/2012 22:33, Robert Jones wrote:

> The second year, because the earth's orbit is gradually speeding up 

> and the length of the year decreasing!  It had no leap seconds because 

> they weren't invented then, but if they had been, there would probably 

> have been at least one dropped from the current style of recording 

> time of day.

>

> The gradual decrease in year length and increase in day length is why 

> there will probably need to be seven leap days dropped from the 

> calendar in the next 8000 years, as opposed to the straight line 

> calculation of just one.

>

> Robert Jones

>

> On 12/04/2012 20:33, Steve Allen wrote:

>> A well circulated piece of trivia is that 1972 was the longest year in

>> recorded history because civil time contained two leap seconds.

>>

>> I offer this challenge:

>>

>> What was the second longest year in recorded history, and how many

>> leap seconds did it have?

>>

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