Carlos Amengual wrote this message on Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:24 +0100: > John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >so, the only fix for a sextant is a new table of numbers... don't > >forget the tables HAVE to be updated for precisely the reason leap > >seconds are inserted... > > It is not only an update, it is a change in the tables themselves. And > sidereal time would no longer be sidereal time. I mean how they are currently updated each year, not updated to use a new time scale.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."Received on Tue Jan 03 2006 - 23:37:00 UTC
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