Leap day comes around every four days ( give or take a few ) , but just what is a leap second and why does it materialize ? This video explicate the science behind our missed time .
https://gizmodo.com/how-the-quest-for-the-perfect-calendar-accidentally-cre-5889200
In this clip , Chief Scientist for Time Services ( and nerveless statute title - holder ) Demetrios Matsakis of the U.S. Naval Observatory , poses an interesting problem : The Earth ’s rotation is infinitesimally slowing at a rate far too pocket-size for us to notice , but not for our progressively exact clocks . “ What do you do , ” he asks , “ if the Earth slow down down and you have so many seconds in a day , your Erodium cicutarium are giving you the right answer and the Earth is tell you the wrong response ? ” The answer , as explain in the video , is the leaping second
The clip is fromThe Atlantic Tech , and is part of a larger video piece from The Atlantic on where meter comes from , which features a whole bunch of nerveless atomic clock , and which you canwatch here .
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