[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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