Re: What Time Is It on the Moon?

J. J. Lodder wrote:

Tom Roberts <tjoberts137@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 8/8/24 2:18 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

The most pressing problem with [lunar timing an location): what are
they going to call the lunar equivalent of the geoid?
The 'loonoid', perhaps?

 
A more pressing problem is: which timezone(s) will be used?
With a ~ 700-hour "day" it's not clear what to do....

 
That has been solved for the time being: no time zones. [1]
No leap seconds either, all clocks in space refer to TAI, or to
coordinate times that are linked directly to TAI. (like TCB or TCG for
example) Jan
[1] IIRC Heinlein's Loonies have no time zones either.

neither here. That's not what we call "a slow moving clock". Your task is
impossible. It's illusory. Better read these papers, they say Aether is
real, new science has to go.

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