New Book Discusses Implications of Decoupling Civil Timekeeping From the Earth's Rotation
(firmenpresse) - EXTON, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/05/12 -- Analytical Graphics, Inc. announces that the American Astronautical Society has just published "Decoupling Civil Timekeeping from Earth Rotation," a book on the future of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the foundation for almost all clocks around the world. The book details the proceedings of a colloquium held at in October 2011.
Prominent specialists and authorities on timekeeping met at the aerospace and defense software company to discuss the implications of redefining UTC -- in essence, doing away with periodic adjustments known as leap seconds that keep clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation. An assembly of the International Telecommunication Union will vote on the issue in mid-January. There was broad agreement at the AGI colloquium that there is a lack of documentation supporting the need for a change and a delay in any official decision is advisable until impacts and mitigations can be identified and planned for.
The book, which is Volume 113 of the Science and Technology Series, was edited by AGI's John H. Seago, as well as Robert L. Seaman, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and Steven L. Allen, UCO/Lick Observatory. Contributors included Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium, Dr. George H. Kaplan of the International Astronomical Union, Dr. Daniel Gambis of the International Earth Orientation Center in Paris, Danny Hillis of the Long Now Foundation and Applied Minds, LLC, and experts from the Vatican Observatory, NASA and astrophysical observatories worldwide.
"Decoupling Civil Timekeeping From Earth Rotation" can be purchased from . Preprints of the articles, transcribed discussions and original presentations are available at . For more information on this topic, visit .
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