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Coordinated Lunar Time
April 15 , 2024
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- US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has asked the international agencies to establish a moon-centric time reference system.
- Nasa has until the end of 2026 to set up what is being called Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).
- It’s not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon.
- Because there’s less gravity on the moon, time there moves a tad more quickly – 58.7 microseconds every day – compared with on Earth.
- LTC would provide a time-keeping benchmark for lunar spacecraft and satellites that require extreme precision for their missions.
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