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The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks

Elizabeth Gibney

Nature, 2022, vol. 612, issue 7938, 18-18

Abstract: How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth’s rotation is still up for debate.

Keywords: Physics; Astronomy and astrophysics; Mathematics and computing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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