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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-03-01 11:45:00 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-03-01 11:45:00 -0800 |
| commit | 50856eb8565ec2fdd80a34bd3169d635c602c643 (patch) | |
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| parent | 6765f094aa004ca84057d4721b94136266dd978c (diff) | |
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Mention lunar timescale effort
* theory.html: Mention the ESA’s effort on lunar timescales.
(Thanks to Tim McBrayer.)
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diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index 88bf720..0470600 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -1361,7 +1361,15 @@ They sometimes disagree. </section> <section> - <h2 id="planets">Time and time zones on other planets</h2> + <h2 id="planets">Time and time zones off Earth</h2> +<p> +The European Space Agency is <a +href='https://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Telling_time_on_the_Moon'>considering</a> +the establishment of a reference timescale for the Moon, which has +days roughly equivalent to 29.5 Earth days, and where relativistic +effects cause clocks to tick slightly faster than on Earth. +</p> + <p> Some people's work schedules have used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars">Mars time</a>. |