[time-nuts] LTC

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Seem we have a whole new set of time issues to deal with:
(Hopefully at least one or two of these aren’t behind a paywall / blockedl for most members ….)

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68722032#

https://www.reuters.com/science/white-house-directs-nasa-create-time-standard-moon-2024-04-02/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/02/moon-nasa-coordinated-lunar-time

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Celestial-Time-Standardization-Policy.pdf

The Lunar version of UTC will be off by 58.7 microseconds per day or 6.794…x10^-10. I’m guessing it’s going to need its own version of NTP and maybe custom GPSDO’s to keep track of things. 

Bob