On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Paul J. Ste. Marie wrote: > Steve Allen wrote: > > ... (BIPM has > > already indicated openly that if UTC were to abandon leaps they might > > consider abandoning TAI) ... > > I thought TAI/TDT/TDB had all been superseded by some later standard. Was it > just the TDx's that were replaced?
TT replaced TDT. It's used as a benchmark to check the uniformity of the realization of TAI. TDB is a separate timescale decoupled from the Earth. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ SOUTHEAST ICELAND: WESTERLY 5 TO 7 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4 THEN EASTERLY 6 OR 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH . RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
