[LEAPSECS] UT1 offset

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Dec 28 04:23:30 EST 2023


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Warner Losh writes:

> Still, even 50m can be a lot if you are flying over a narrow mountain pass
> in a plane that can't just fly super-high above it...

Celestial navigation requires you to be able to see something through the
windows.

If that is an option the sane pilot would look at the terrain.

Also:  When&where celestial navigation is possible, most vessels
travel a lot further than 50 meters during the time it takes to make
a measurement of the necessary precision.

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