[time-nuts] Why 9,192,631,770 ??

[David C. Partridge]

It's unlikely you'll ever see a negative leap second - the earth's rotation is slowing down, not speeding up. 

Dave
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From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Mulchin
Sent: 09 May 2012 01:56
To: jfor at quikus.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Why 9,192,631,770 ??

>It is interesting that the leap seconds correction is always a positive number.

Jerry