[ntp:questions] Question about 2008 leap second

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-part.nor-this-bit.co.uk
Wed Dec 31 17:48:42 UTC 2008


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
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> The leap second will be important to astronomers, navigators, the NIST
> and a few other people and institutions.

Satellite operators - where the ground position of the satellite may 
appear to vary by several kilometres where orbit data from before the 
leap-second is used after the leap-second.  E.g.

  http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/notices/notice_files/dec3008.html

Cheers,
David 




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