Closed davidmikolas closed 8 years ago
Thanks! I will fix the first two issues.
But not the third. However overly grandiose you might find the title, it is the original title of the organization and the source of the acronym:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Earth_Rotation_and_Reference_Systems_Service
Until they expand the acronym, I am going to keep things simpler for readers by using the old name, regardless of its implications. If a casual reader thinks that they rotate the Earth, then so be it. :)
In the section http://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/time.html#uniform-time-scales-tai-tt-and-tdb
The only dissent I can think of is that days might be considered 24 hours rather than twelve? :)
Also, in the same section:
"...an atomic clock would run at the Solar System barycenter." puts the clock usually inside the sun, and of course in its gravitational well (also relativistic implications). Maybe something like ...at rest in the Barycentric frame... although that seems awkward.
Also, in this section http://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/time.html#utc-and-leap-seconds it might be better to call them their full name: International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service rather than a "...Rotation Service" since - as far as I know - they are not actually responsible for rotating the earth. https://www.iers.org/IERS/EN/Home/home_node.html