Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The 2015 will last another second – Terra Peru

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Atomic clocks will the second 23:59:59 to 23:59:60 and finally, to 00:00:00, always in GMT, explained to Efe agency responsible Reference System Time-Space (SYRTE).

Since 1972, the clocks have added up to 24 extra seconds to update the speed of rotation of the Earth and thanks to technologies more precise measurement of time.

The computer apparatus should assimilate change automatically , but can not exclude any mismatches as each device is designed in a way.

If this update does not take place periodically, every 500 years the Earth clocks have a delay of an hour , he said the newspaper “Ouest-France” service director rotation of the Earth SYRTE, Daniel Gambis

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