by "news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Mar 23, 2008 at 03:36 PM
On Mar 23, 8:47=A0pm, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> That might affect the earth's rotation because of conservation of
> angular momentum, but it wouldn't affect the length of a year.
The length of a *year* is dealt with by means of leap years (i.e. by
varying the number of days in February), and there is indeed a
proposal to change the rule governing which years are leap years.
The issue we have been discussing here - that of leap seconds - is
related to the length of a *day* not of a *year*. Hence the rate of
earth's rotation is what is im****tant.
Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/
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