Tom Roberts <tjoberts137@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 8/8/24 2:18 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
The most pressing problem with [lunar timing an location): what are
they going to call the lunar equivalent of the geoid?
The 'loonoid', perhaps?
A more pressing problem is: which timezone(s) will be used?
With a ~ 700-hour "day" it's not clear what to do....
That has been solved for the time being: no time zones. [1]
No leap seconds either, all clocks in space refer to TAI, or to
coordinate times that are linked directly to TAI. (like TCB or TCG for example) Jan
[1] IIRC Heinlein's Loonies have no time zones either.
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀_𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦_𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸_𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿?_𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀_𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼_𝗶𝘀_𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺_2016..._
https://old.bi%74%63%68%75te.com/%76%69%64eo/FwnMRURkXLMO
𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁_𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿_𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱_𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀_𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁_𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹
𝗧𝗵𝗲_𝗙𝗕𝗜_𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱_𝗵𝗶𝘀_𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲_𝗶𝗻_𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀_𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻_24𝗵_-_𝗔𝘂𝗴_8,_2024
https://old.bi%74%63%68%75te.com/%76%69%64eo/0HtDTWByOexv
At the risk of stealing Python's thunder:
--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
Sysop: | Keyop |
---|---|
Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
Users: | 546 |
Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
Uptime: | 06:18:08 |
Calls: | 10,386 |
Calls today: | 1 |
Files: | 14,058 |
Messages: | 6,416,634 |