The Earth rotates more slowly on its axis, which requires the world clocks to be adjusted by one second. The last minute of the year will last 61 seconds
The year will be longer than usual - in one second * like that He announced NIST, the American Institute of Standards and Technology (National Institute of Standards and Technology).
According to the institute, the Earth deviated sufficiently from the accepted synchronization, therefore on December 31, 2008 one second will be added to the clock and the last minute of the year will last 61 seconds. Those interested in witnessing the "event" are invited to browse the website www.time.gov, choose their time zone and wait for the world clock to update.
The updating of the clocks occurs because the Earth slows down, and does not complete a full rotation exactly every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds. Slow movement of the earth around itself makes it complete the rotation in more time, in popular terms a minute of 60 seconds lasts 61 seconds and this requires an update of the world clocks.
In the past, these discrepancies were not addressed because they were not felt at all. Only in the late 60s, when they were developed The atomic clocks That were Accurate at levels never seen before, inconsistencies began to emerge. Following the new discoveries, it was decided, in international agreements, that atomic clock operators around the world will make the necessary adjustments to the clocks that determine the world time.
The first time the world clock was updated was in 1972 and since then a total of 24 seconds have been added, with the last being inDecember 2005.
6 תגובות
I did not know..
In the future.
to the point When you quote an article from the scientist or any other source that has a copyright in Rotter, please only cite a short paragraph and a link. This is the agreement I have with them and for some reason they keep breaking it.
May we all have a good and sweet second.
Mmmmm... and this is good for the Jews?
Good. So we'll click and count another second X)