[LEAPSECS] Why the Greenwich meridian moved

[Tom Van Baak]

For those of you that have been at this a while, the exact location of zero longitude is very interesting. Not just for astronomy, but also in the history of precise timekeeping. An alert reader pointed me to a great article, just published (and free PDF).

Why the Greenwich meridian moved
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00190-015-0844-y
http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00190-015-0844-y.pdf

See also: http://leapsecond.com/pages/meridian/ for my recent visit.

/tvb