In message <E1Ezgdo-0001Rk-00_at_mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk>, Markus Kuhn writes:
>All I wanted to say is that for a good choice of epoch, it would be nice
>if we agreed on it not only to within a few seconds (the leap-second
>problem), but also to within a few milli- or microseconds (the SI/TAI
>second problem). The latter seems much easier to do for 2000 than for
>1972 or even 1958. In applications such as observing planetary motion
>over many years, the difference matters.
Good point.
Presumably, the epoch will be defined relative to TAI or UTC to get
maximum precision, so the limiting factor will probably be measuring
(or having had measured) UT1 with maximum precision at the epoch.
Poul-Henning
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