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- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!eos!brody
- From: brody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Adam R. Brody )
- Subject: Re: Calendar and Zodiak
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.163337.18301@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
- References: <1992Jul27.203241.24531@pixel.kodak.com> <1992Jul28.011553.19947@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:33:37 GMT
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- ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings) writes:
-
- >To make up the VERY small difference due to precession, as well
- >as to adjust for the slowing of the Earth's rotation due to
- >tidal drag of the oceans (caused by the moon's gravitation),
- >from time to time they declare "leap-seconds" there was one
- >this year.
- >--
-
- Has this really been going on consistently for 2000 years so that
- there was never any noticeable jump?
-