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Should we Keep the Clocks Synchronized With Rotation of the Earth?

Member countries of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will decide this week whether to keep or eliminate the leap second (also known as “extra second”) addedevery few years to keep the time synchronized with the rotation of the Earth . The earth’s rotation on its axis and its orbit around the sun determines, based on astronomical observations, the […]