European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Space technology changes system of gauging Earth s time motion by Joy Aschenbach National geographic most people did t even notice bul thelast minute of 1987 contained 61 second the precision in world timekeeping thai necessitates adding a leap second Lor the Fust Lime in 2v years has became id limes More accurate on Jan t. A new system Ihal uses space technology to Monitor fluctuations in Iho each s spin Speed and wobble officially replaced the astronomical observations made by telescopes Al Aboul 80 observatories around the world. Tho famous Ebsch Vantory Al Greenwich. England has gradually Given up 1s role As the world s Premier source of time three types of data unprecedented
