Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by MIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation at 08 Oct, 12:11 UTC

If you think about leap years, it may seem like humans have a very odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.

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• T1Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s whyMIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation08 Oct, 12:11