LEAP YEAR, LEAP SECOND 31.12.2005, CALENDAR.=====..

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Dear WGTN astronomers,
bcc; tom (John is learned about calendar.)

LEAP YEAR, LEAP SECOND 31.12.2005, CALENDAR.=====..


The Earth is tired and shaken up by tsunami earthquake.
It takes almost one second more every few years
to complete its spins than in 1900. So, Fasten
your Seatbelts...

Leap second will be added to the clocks again
at 2005.12.31, 23:59:60 Universal time UT, CE.

Especially, count the 7x time pips on Radio NZ,
1 January, 2006, Sunday 1.0 pm, NZDT.

... 55 56 57 58 59 60 00. !!

To many people, like Stagecoach WGTN (they operate
the bus service according to a $2 watch), 1 second
will not make a whole lot of difference.

But it makes a huge difference to computers,
Telecom clock ripoff, and GPS satellite.

You will get a kick out of writing down
the seconds (and tenths) of the last time pip from now on
for a couple of weeks.

In future years the timekeepers have debated
if they should accumulate the seconds until
they add up to more than half a minute.

It is crucial when Sun crosses the meridian
and Earth completes each revolution around Sun.

** Which is the other topic of this article; leap year.


LEAP YEAR occurs every fourth year (exactly)
from 1904-2096, CE.

The formula for Gregorian calendar decrees
that there shall be 365 days in every common year
and one extra day, 366 days, in Leap years.

Leap year is observed every 4th year, except
centenary years NOT DIVISIBLE BY 400.

In short hand: 365 +4' -100' +400' days,
equals 365 97/400 = 365.2425.

Everyone really should be sceptical that the
formula is just too perfect for reason.. and
rather errs on the side of convenience.

How I wish I had saved or photographed my
400 year motor registration label, 28.02.2000.!

A MORE ACCURATE calendar formula would be
365 8/33 , equals 365.'242424' recurring days
in the Tropical year of the Seasons. [mnemonic,
vinyl disk recordings 78 RPM , 33 RPM.]

Please reflect that the calendar should follow
Astronomy and the stars, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
The popes would have consulted astronomers of the
day in devising the modern calendar (2006 ..)

ADD the centuries to the years and subtract
multiples of 33, (100 = 99+1.)
THEN, if the REMAINDER IS POSITIVE and equal to
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 or 32 (multiples of 4) my
calendar would call it a leap year.
(If remainder = 0, then 5 year gap.)

Years..
2008 = 20+8 = 28 = 4*7, LY.
2012 = 20+12 = 32 = 4*1, LY.
2013 = 20+13 = 33 - 33 = 0. COMMON YEAR.
2017 = 20+17 = 37-33 = 4, LY.

A 4 year leap year (and recycle days of the week)
is of course much preferred to sometimes a 5 year gap.

Therefore, for astronomical-mathematical reasons
(the observed tropical year and continued fractions/
egyptian fractions),
the ultimate calendar is 365 31/128 days
= 365 +4' -128' = 365.241875 (terminating.)

It is fortuitous that 128 = 2^7th (raised to a power)
and 2048 = 2^11th.

Every 4th year except multiples of 128 would be
leap years. The following are Unusual Common Years.
... 1664, 1792, 1920, 2048, 2176, 2304. ...


yours sincerely,

/ Don S. McDonald (PG. 322** Wellington, New Zealand)

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Dear WGTN astronomers,
bcc; tom (John is learned about calendar.)

LEAP YEAR, LEAP SECOND 31.12.2005, CALENDAR.=====..


The Earth is tired and shaken up by tsunami earthquake.
It takes almost one second more every few years
to complete its spins than in 1900. So, Fasten
your Seatbelts...

Leap second will be added to the clocks again
at 2005.12.31, 23:59:60 Universal time UT, CE.

Especially, count the 7x time pips on Radio NZ,
1 January, 2006, Sunday 1.0 pm, NZDT.

.. 55 56 57 58 59 60 00. !!

To many people, like Stagecoach WGTN (they operate
the bus service according to a $2 watch), 1 second
will not make a whole lot of difference.

But it makes a huge difference to computers,
Telecom clock ripoff, and GPS satellite.

You will get a kick out of writing down
the seconds (and tenths) of the last time pip from now on
for a couple of weeks.

In future years the timekeepers have debated
if they should accumulate the seconds until
they add up to more than half a minute.

It is crucial when Sun crosses the meridian
and Earth completes each revolution around Sun.

** Which is the other topic of this article; leap year.


(snip)

So we are to have a Leap Second! Great! What shall we do with it?

geopelia wrote:

So we are to have a Leap Second! Great! What shall we do with it?

When you are counting down near midnight on New Year's Eve, be
sure to add another second before you let off your skyrockets at
midnight and start to sing Auld Lang Syne.
I hate these people who start early.

geopelia wrote:

(snip)

So we are to have a Leap Second! Great! What shall we do with it?



Live it well.

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Dear WGTN astronomers,
bcc; tom (John is learned about calendar.)

LEAP YEAR, LEAP SECOND 31.12.2005, CALENDAR.=====..


The Earth is tired and shaken up by tsunami earthquake.
It takes almost one second more every few years
to complete its spins than in 1900. So, Fasten
your Seatbelts...

Leap second will be added to the clocks again
at 2005.12.31, 23:59:60 Universal time UT, CE.

Especially, count the 7x time pips on Radio NZ,
1 January, 2006, Sunday 1.0 pm, NZDT.

.. 55 56 57 58 59 60 00. !!

To many people, like Stagecoach WGTN (they operate
the bus service according to a $2 watch), 1 second
will not make a whole lot of difference.

But it makes a huge difference to computers,
Telecom clock ripoff, and GPS satellite.

You will get a kick out of writing down
the seconds (and tenths) of the last time pip from now on
for a couple of weeks.

In future years the timekeepers have debated
if they should accumulate the seconds until
they add up to more than half a minute.

It is crucial when Sun crosses the meridian
and Earth completes each revolution around Sun.

** Which is the other topic of this article; leap year.


(snip)

So we are to have a Leap Second! Great! What shall we do with it?

Wow, I've just received an automatically generated email from a news
reflector! If something is cross-posted to anything with "test" in it that
is what happens. The wonders of computers never cease to amaze me!
So I've taken "test" out of the newsgroups.

corrected ... small mistake. in 8/33 leap year cal.
apologies don. mcdonald.

also ref
fairfax nz ltd/ reuters.
tues 27.12.05.


new year's day 2006 to be delayed by a second.
coordinated universal time.
by line washington.


A MORE ACCURATE calendar formula would be
365 8/33 , equals 365.'242424' recurring days
in the Tropical year of the Seasons. [mnemonic,
vinyl disk recordings 78 RPM , 33 RPM.]


Please reflect that the calendar should follow
Astronomy and the stars, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
The popes would have consulted astronomers of the
day in devising the modern calendar (2006 ..)


ADD the centuries to the years and subtract
multiples of 33, (100 = 99+1.)
THEN, if the REMAINDER IS POSITIVE and equal to
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 or 32 (multiples of 4) my
calendar would call it a leap year.
(If remainder = 0, then 5 year gap.)


Years..
2008 = 20+8 = 28 = 4*7, LY.
2012 = 20+12 = 32 = xx 4*8 corrected (not 4*1), LY.
2013 = 20+13 = 33 - 33 = 0. COMMON YEAR.
2017 = 20+17 = 37-33 = 4, LY.


A 4 year leap year (and recycle days of the week)
is of course much preferred to sometimes a 5 year gap.


Therefore, for astronomical-mathematical reasons
(the observed tropical year and continued fractions/
egyptian fractions),
the ultimate calendar is 365 31/128 days
= 365 +4' -128' = 365.241875 (terminating.)