[time-nuts] GPS disciplined Mars clock

[Joe Fitzgerald]

On 7/9/2016 3:00 PM, jimlux wrote:
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> TAI my friend, TAI...
>
Hmm,  gravitational time dilation it might complicate things ...  I
suppose it depends on whether your Mars clock is on the surface of Mars,
Earth or somewhere else.


On 7/9/2016 3:34 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
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> How good is the data on the rotation rate for Mars?  Is it good enough so 
> that they would need leap seconds?
>
>

Without an ocean or significant atmosphere I bet the rotation rate would
be more predictable than Earth - once good measurements were made.  The
dearth of observatories on Mars suggests the current error bars on
current rate estimates pretty wide.

Fun to think about that's for sure.

-Joe

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